Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 4, sentence 78
But that there was in the country, in very early times, a high and rare poetic culture of the lyric kind, native in its character, ethnic in origin, unaffected by scholastic culture which, as we know, took a different direction; that one exquisite poem, in which the father of Ossian praises the beauty of the springtime in anapaestic [Note: Cettemain | cain ree!
Who acts: we, scholastic culture, that, father · What happens: be, know, take, poem, praise · To what, where: high poetic culture, different direction, beauty, one exquisite poem
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 (we, scholastic culture, that, father), 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 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 19 culture | cc |
| 2 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 4 was | mark |
| 3 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 4 was | expl |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 culture | cop |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 country | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 country | det |
| 7 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 was | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 times | punct |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 times | case |
| 10 | very | very | ADV | _ | 11 early | advmod |
| 11 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 times | amod |
| 12 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 was | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 culture | punct |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 culture | det |
| 15 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 culture | amod |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 rare | cc |
| 17 | rare | rare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 high | conj |
| 18 | poetic | poetic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 culture | amod |
| 19 | culture | culture | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 kind | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 kind | det |
| 22 | lyric | lyric | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 kind | amod |
| 23 | kind | kind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 culture | nmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 native | punct |
| 25 | native | native | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 kind | amod |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 character | case |
| 27 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 character | nmod:poss |
| 28 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 native | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 ethnic | punct |
| 30 | ethnic | ethnic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 culture | parataxis |
| 31 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 origin | case |
| 32 | origin | origin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 ethnic | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 unaffected | punct |
| 34 | unaffected | unaffected | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 ethnic | conj |
| 35 | by | by | ADP | _ | 37 culture | case |
| 36 | scholastic | scholastic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 culture | amod |
| 37 | culture | culture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 unaffected | obl |
| 38 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 44 took | nsubj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 took | punct |
| 40 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 42 know | mark |
| 41 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 42 know | nsubj |
| 42 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 took | advcl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 know | punct |
| 44 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 culture | acl:relcl |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 direction | det |
| 46 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 direction | amod |
| 47 | direction | direction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 took | obj |
| 48 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 52 poem | punct |
| 49 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 52 poem | nsubj |
| 50 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 52 poem | nummod |
| 51 | exquisite | exquisite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 poem | amod |
| 52 | poem | poem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 culture | conj |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 60 praises | punct |
| 54 | in | in | ADP | _ | 55 which | case |
| 55 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 60 praises | obl |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 father | det |
| 57 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 praises | nsubj |
| 58 | of | of | ADP | _ | 59 Ossian | case |
| 59 | Ossian | Ossian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 57 father | nmod |
| 60 | praises | praise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 52 poem | acl:relcl |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 beauty | det |
| 62 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 praises | obj |
| 63 | of | of | ADP | _ | 65 springtime | case |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 springtime | det |
| 65 | springtime | springtime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 beauty | nmod |
| 66 | in | in | ADP | _ | 69 Note | case |
| 67 | anapaestic | anapaestic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 69 Note | amod |
| 68 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 69 Note | punct |
| 69 | Note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 springtime | nmod |
| 70 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 71 Cettemain | punct |
| 71 | Cettemain | Cettemain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 74 ree | nmod:poss |
| 72 | | | | | PART | _ | 71 Cettemain | case |
| 73 | cain | cain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 74 ree | compound |
| 74 | ree | ree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 praises | obj |
| 75 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 19 culture | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | a high poetic culture and one exquisite poem | of the lyric kind | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | know | present | we | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | take | past | scholastic culture | a different direction | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent direction=Theme | ||||
| 4 | poem | that | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | praise | present | the father of Ossian | the beauty of the springtime in anapaestic Note | one exquisite poem | Cettemain's cain ree obj | 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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