Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 4, sentence 79
| ro sair | an cuct | "He, Fionn MacCool, learned the three compositions which distinguish the poets, the TEINM LAEGHA, the IMUS OF OSNA, and the DICEDUE DICCENAIB, and it was then Fionn composed this poem to prove his poetry."
Who acts: ro sair, three compositions, sair · What happens: learn, distinguish, be, prove · To what, where: three compositions, poets, poetry
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 (ro sair, three compositions, sair), 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 | | | | | PUNCT | _ | 3 sair | punct |
| 2 | ro | ro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sair | compound |
| 3 | sair | sair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 learned | nsubj |
| 4 | | | | | ADP | _ | 7 | | case |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 | | det |
| 6 | cuct | cuct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 | | compound |
| 7 | | | | | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sair | nmod |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 | | punct |
| 9 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 | | appos |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 He | punct |
| 11 | Fionn | Fionn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 He | conj |
| 12 | MacCool | MacCool | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 Fionn | flat |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 sair | punct |
| 14 | learned | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 compositions | det |
| 16 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 compositions | nummod |
| 17 | compositions | composition | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 learned | obj |
| 18 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 distinguish | nsubj |
| 19 | distinguish | distinguish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 compositions | acl:relcl |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 poets | det |
| 21 | poets | poet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 distinguish | obj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 LAEGHA | punct |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 LAEGHA | det |
| 24 | TEINM | TEINM | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 LAEGHA | compound |
| 25 | LAEGHA | LAEGHA | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 poets | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 IMUS | punct |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 IMUS | det |
| 28 | IMUS | IMUS | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 LAEGHA | conj |
| 29 | OF | of | ADP | _ | 30 OSNA | case |
| 30 | OSNA | OSNA | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 IMUS | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 DICCENAIB | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 DICCENAIB | cc |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 DICCENAIB | det |
| 34 | DICEDUE | DICEDUE | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 DICCENAIB | compound |
| 35 | DICCENAIB | DICCENAIB | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 learned | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 composed | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 composed | cc |
| 38 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 composed | nsubj |
| 39 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 composed | cop |
| 40 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 42 composed | advmod |
| 41 | Fionn | Fionn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 composed | nsubj |
| 42 | composed | compose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 learned | conj |
| 43 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 44 poem | det |
| 44 | poem | poem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 composed | obj |
| 45 | to | to | PART | _ | 46 prove | mark |
| 46 | prove | prove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 42 composed | advcl |
| 47 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 poetry | nmod:poss |
| 48 | poetry | poetry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 prove | obj |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 learned | punct |
| 50 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 learned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn in a quote | past | ro sair | a cuct | | the three compositions | the DICEDUE DICCENAIB obl | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent composition=Topic | |||
| 2 | distinguish in a quote | present | the three compositions | the poets the TEINM LAEGHA and the IMUS of OSNA | vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Attribute poet=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | past | sair | then | Fionn nsubj; this poem obj; compose property | tree rules | |||
| 4 | prove in a quote | to-infinitive | sair not said here | father's poetry | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poetry=Theme |
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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