Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 4, sentence 61

Like the central chamber of that huge tumulus [Note: New Grange anciently Cnobgha, and now also Knowth.] on the Boyne, overarched with massive unhewn rocks, its very ruggedness strikes an awe which the orderly arrangement of smaller and more reasonable thoughts, cut smooth by instruments inherited from classic times, fails so often to inspire.

Who acts: ruggedness, orderly arrangement · What happens: overarch, strike, cut, inherit, fail, inspire · To what, where: awe, smaller thoughts, instruments

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 (ruggedness, orderly arrangement), 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	Like	like	ADP	_	4 chamber	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 chamber	det
3	central	central	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 chamber	amod
4	chamber	chamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 tumulus	case
6	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 tumulus	det
7	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 tumulus	amod
8	tumulus	tumulus	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chamber	nmod
9	[	[	PUNCT	_	10 Note	punct
10	Note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tumulus	appos
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 Grange	punct
12	New	New	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 Grange	amod
13	Grange	Grange	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Note	appos
14	anciently	anciently	ADV	_	15 Cnobgha	advmod
15	Cnobgha	Cnobgha	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Grange	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 Knowth	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 Knowth	cc
18	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 Knowth	advmod
19	also	also	ADV	_	20 Knowth	advmod
20	Knowth	Knowth	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Grange	conj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 Note	punct
22	]	]	PUNCT	_	10 Note	punct
23	on	on	ADP	_	25 Boyne	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 Boyne	det
25	Boyne	Boyne	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 tumulus	nmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 overarched	punct
27	overarched	overarch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 chamber	conj
28	with	with	ADP	_	31 rocks	case
29	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 rocks	amod
30	unhewn	unhewn	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 rocks	amod
31	rocks	rock	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 overarched	obl:agent
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 strikes	punct
33	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	35 ruggedness	nmod:poss
34	very	very	ADV	_	35 ruggedness	advmod
35	ruggedness	ruggedness	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 strikes	nsubj
36	strikes	strike	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	31 rocks	parataxis
37	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	38 awe	det
38	awe	awe	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 strikes	obj
39	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	59 fails	obj
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 arrangement	det
41	orderly	orderly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 arrangement	amod
42	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 fails	nsubj
43	of	of	ADP	_	48 thoughts	case
44	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	48 thoughts	amod
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 reasonable	cc
46	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	47 reasonable	advmod
47	reasonable	reasonable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 smaller	conj
48	thoughts	thought	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 arrangement	nmod
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 cut	punct
50	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	48 thoughts	acl
51	smooth	smooth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	50 cut	xcomp
52	by	by	ADP	_	53 instruments	case
53	instruments	instrument	NOUN	Number=Plur	50 cut	obl
54	inherited	inherit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	53 instruments	acl
55	from	from	ADP	_	57 times	case
56	classic	classic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 times	amod
57	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	54 inherited	obl
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 inherited	punct
59	fails	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	38 awe	acl:relcl
60	so	so	ADV	_	61 often	advmod
61	often	often	ADV	_	59 fails	advmod
62	to	to	PART	_	63 inspire	mark
63	inspire	inspire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	61 often	advcl
64	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 chamber	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	overarch	participle				massive unhewn rocks obl:agent	tree rules
2	strike	present	Boyne's ruggedness	a awe			vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent awe=Patient
3	cut	participle		smaller thoughts not said here		by instruments; smooth property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	inherit	participle		instruments not said here	time		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	fail	present	the orderly arrangement of smaller thoughts	a awe		often property	vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality
6	inspire	to-infinitive	the orderly arrangement of smaller thoughts not said here				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
8	arrange			smaller thoughts			nom arrangement «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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Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 4, sentence 61