Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 4, sentence 36
That the tale was, in his time, an ancient one, is therefore rendered extremely probable, the scribe himself indicating how completely out of sympathy he is with this form of literature, its antiquity and peculiar archaeological interest being, doubtless, the cause of the transcription.
Who acts: tale, scribe, subject · What happens: be, render, indicate, cause · To what, where: time, sympathy, transcription
This is a sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tale, scribe, subject), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 tale | det |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 tale | det |
| 3 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 time | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 time | cop |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 time | punct |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 time | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 time | nmod:poss |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 one | punct |
| 10 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 one | det |
| 11 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 one | amod |
| 12 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 time | parataxis |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 rendered | punct |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 rendered | aux:pass |
| 15 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 16 rendered | advmod |
| 16 | rendered | render | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 time | acl:relcl |
| 17 | extremely | extremely | ADV | _ | 18 probable | advmod |
| 18 | probable | probable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 rendered | xcomp |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 scribe | punct |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 scribe | det |
| 21 | scribe | scribe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 time | parataxis |
| 22 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 21 scribe | nmod:unmarked |
| 23 | indicating | indicate | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 21 scribe | acl |
| 24 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 25 completely | advmod |
| 25 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 23 indicating | advmod |
| 26 | out | out | ADP | _ | 28 sympathy | case |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 sympathy | case |
| 28 | sympathy | sympathy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 form | obl |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 form | nsubj |
| 30 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 33 form | cop |
| 31 | with | with | ADP | _ | 33 form | case |
| 32 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 33 form | det |
| 33 | form | form | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 indicating | obl |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 literature | case |
| 35 | literature | literature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 form | nmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 antiquity | punct |
| 37 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 antiquity | nmod:poss |
| 38 | antiquity | antiquity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 time | parataxis |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 peculiar | cc |
| 40 | peculiar | peculiar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 antiquity | conj |
| 41 | archaeological | archaeological | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 interest | amod |
| 42 | interest | interest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 antiquity | conj |
| 43 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 42 interest | acl |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 doubtless | punct |
| 45 | doubtless | doubtless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 antiquity | conj |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 cause | punct |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 cause | det |
| 48 | cause | cause | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 time | parataxis |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 transcription | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 transcription | det |
| 51 | transcription | transcription | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 cause | nmod |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 time | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | that tale | in subject's time | subject nmod:poss; a ancient one parataxis; the scribe subject parataxis; literature's antiquity and peculiar and archaeological interest parataxis; the cause of the transcription parataxis | tree rules | |||
| 2 | render | present · passive | subject's time not said here | probable, therefore property | vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient» | ||||
| 3 | indicate | gerund | the scribe subject not said here | completely property | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot | ||||
| 4 | is | present | subject | sympathy | with this form; of literature | tree rules | |||
| 5 | cause | the transcription | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Project Gutenberg book 8109 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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