Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 4, sentence 55
Not only as the oldest Tradition of Modern Europe does it--the Nibelungen--possess a high antiquarian interest, but farther, and even in the shape we now see it under, unless the epics of the son of Fingal had some sort of authenticity, it is our oldest poem also."
Who acts: oldest Tradition, epic, we, epics · What happens: not do, possess, see, have, be, sort · To what, where: Vol., high antiquarian interest, shape, sort, oldest poem, authenticity
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 (oldest Tradition, epic, we, epics), 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 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 does | advmod |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 10 does | advmod |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 10 does | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Tradition | det |
| 5 | oldest | old | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 Tradition | amod |
| 6 | Tradition | tradition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 does | nsubj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Europe | case |
| 8 | Modern | modern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 Europe | amod |
| 9 | Europe | Europe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Tradition | nmod |
| 10 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 possess | advcl |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 does | obj |
| 12 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 14 Nibelungen | punct |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Nibelungen | det |
| 14 | Nibelungen | Nibelungen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 does | obl |
| 15 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 16 possess | punct |
| 16 | possess | possess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 54 poem | advcl |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 interest | det |
| 18 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 interest | amod |
| 19 | antiquarian | antiquarian | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 interest | compound |
| 20 | interest | interest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 possess | obj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 farther | punct |
| 22 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 23 farther | cc |
| 23 | farther | far | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 16 possess | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 see | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 see | cc |
| 26 | even | even | ADV | _ | 29 shape | advmod |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 shape | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 shape | det |
| 29 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 see | obl |
| 30 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 see | nsubj |
| 31 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 32 see | advmod |
| 32 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 possess | conj |
| 33 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 see | obj |
| 34 | under | under | ADP | _ | 44 had | case |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 under | punct |
| 36 | unless | unless | SCONJ | _ | 44 had | mark |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 epics | det |
| 38 | epics | epic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 had | nsubj |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 son | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 son | det |
| 41 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 epics | nmod |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 Fingal | case |
| 43 | Fingal | Fingal | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 son | nmod |
| 44 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 see | advcl |
| 45 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 46 sort | det |
| 46 | sort | sort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 had | obj |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 authenticity | case |
| 48 | authenticity | authenticity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 sort | nmod |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 poem | punct |
| 50 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 54 poem | nsubj |
| 51 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 54 poem | cop |
| 52 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 54 poem | nmod:poss |
| 53 | oldest | old | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 54 poem | amod |
| 54 | poem | poem | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 55 | also | also | ADV | _ | 54 poem | advmod |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 54 poem | punct |
| 57 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 54 poem | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not do | present | the oldest Tradition of Modern Europe | Vol. | the Nibelungen obl | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | possess | present | epic not said here | a high antiquarian interest | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot interest=Theme | ||||
| 3 | see | present | we | Vol. | the shape | now | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||
| 4 | have a condition, not said to happen | past | the epics of the son of Fingal | some sort of authenticity | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sort=Patient | ||||
| 5 | is a | present | epic | our oldest poem | our nmod:poss | tree rules | |||
| 6 | sort | authenticity | nom sort «cognition 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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