Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 4, sentence 41
Moreover, this epic is but a portion of the great Ultonian or Red Branch cycle, all the parts of which pre-suppose and support one another; and that cycle is itself a portion of the history of Ireland, and pre-supposes other preceding and succeeding cyles, preceding and succeeding kings.
Who acts: epic, parts, cycle · What happens: be, pre-suppose, support, pre-suppos, precede, succeed · To what, where: portion cycle, one, portion, cyles, kings
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 (epic, parts, cycle), 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 | Moreover | moreover | ADV | _ | 16 cycle | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Moreover | punct |
| 3 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 epic | det |
| 4 | epic | epic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 cycle | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 cycle | cop |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 16 cycle | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 portion | det |
| 8 | portion | portion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 cycle | compound |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 Ultonian | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Ultonian | det |
| 11 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 Ultonian | amod |
| 12 | Ultonian | Ultonian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 portion | nmod |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 Red | cc |
| 14 | Red | Red | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Ultonian | conj |
| 15 | Branch | Branch | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Red | flat |
| 16 | cycle | cycle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 parts | punct |
| 18 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 20 parts | det:predet |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 parts | det |
| 20 | parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 cycle | nmod |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 which | case |
| 22 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 pre-suppose | nsubj |
| 23 | pre-suppose | pre-suppose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 parts | acl:relcl |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 support | cc |
| 25 | support | support | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 pre-suppose | conj |
| 26 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 25 support | obj |
| 27 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 26 one | fixed |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 portion | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 portion | cc |
| 30 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 31 cycle | det |
| 31 | cycle | cycle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 portion | nsubj |
| 32 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 portion | cop |
| 33 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 35 portion | obl:unmarked |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 portion | det |
| 35 | portion | portion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 cycle | conj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 history | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 history | det |
| 38 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 portion | nmod |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 Ireland | case |
| 40 | Ireland | Ireland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 history | nmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 pre-supposes | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 pre-supposes | cc |
| 43 | pre-supposes | pre-suppos | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 cycle | conj |
| 44 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 preceding | amod |
| 45 | preceding | precede | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 43 pre-supposes | advcl |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 succeeding | cc |
| 47 | succeeding | succeed | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 45 preceding | conj |
| 48 | cyles | cyle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 succeeding | obj |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 preceding | punct |
| 50 | preceding | precede | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 45 preceding | conj |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 succeeding | cc |
| 52 | succeeding | succeed | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 50 preceding | conj |
| 53 | kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 succeeding | obj |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 cycle | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | this epic | portion cycle and a portion | all parts nmod; moreover property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | pre-suppose | present | all parts | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | support | present | all parts not said here | one | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | is a | present | that cycle | a portion | of the history of Ireland; part obl:unmarked | tree rules | |||
| 5 | pre-suppos | present | this epic not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | precede | gerund | this epic not said here | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | succeed | gerund | this epic not said here | cyles | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | precede | gerund | this epic not said here | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 9 | succeed | gerund | this epic not said here | kings | tree rules |
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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