Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 5, sentence 18

To MacPherson, however, I will do this justice, that he had the merit to perceive, even in the debased and floating ballads of the highlands, traces of some past greatness and sublimity of thought, and to understand, he, for the first time, how much more they meant than what met the ear.

Who acts: I, MacPherson, greatness · What happens: do, have, perceive, debase, float, understand · To what, where: justice, MacPherson, merit, ear · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, MacPherson, greatness), 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	To	to	ADP	_	2 MacPherson	case
2	MacPherson	MacPherson	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 do	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 MacPherson	punct
4	however	however	ADV	_	8 do	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 however	punct
6	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 do	nsubj
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 do	aux
8	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	43 understand	advcl
9	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 justice	det
10	justice	justice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 do	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 had	punct
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 had	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 had	nsubj
14	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 do	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 merit	det
16	merit	merit	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 had	obj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 perceive	mark
18	perceive	perceive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 merit	acl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 ballads	punct
20	even	even	ADV	_	26 ballads	advmod
21	in	in	ADP	_	26 ballads	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 ballads	det
23	debased	debase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 ballads	amod
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 ballads	cc
25	floating	float	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	26 ballads	amod
26	ballads	ballad	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 had	parataxis
27	of	of	ADP	_	29 highlands	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 highlands	det
29	highlands	highland	NOUN	Number=Plur	26 ballads	nmod
30	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 traces	punct
31	traces	trace	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 highlands	conj
32	of	of	ADP	_	35 greatness	case
33	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	35 greatness	det
34	past	past	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 greatness	amod
35	greatness	greatness	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 traces	nmod
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	37 sublimity	cc
37	sublimity	sublimity	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 greatness	conj
38	of	of	ADP	_	39 thought	case
39	thought	thought	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 sublimity	nmod
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 understand	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 understand	cc
42	to	to	PART	_	43 understand	mark
43	understand	understand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 he	punct
45	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	43 understand	obl
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	50 time	punct
47	for	for	ADP	_	50 time	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 time	det
49	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	50 time	amod
50	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 understand	parataxis
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 meant	punct
52	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	53 much	advmod
53	much	much	ADV	_	54 more	advmod
54	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	56 meant	advmod
55	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 meant	nsubj
56	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 time	advcl
57	than	than	SCONJ	_	59 met	mark
58	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	59 met	nsubj
59	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 meant	ccomp
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 ear	det
61	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 met	obj
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	43 understand	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	do	future	I	this justice	MacPherson	however property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent justice=Eventuality
2	have	past	MacPherson	the merit		the debased floating ballads of the highlands and traces of some past greatness and sublimity of thought parataxis	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent merit=Patient
3	perceive	to-infinitive	MacPherson not said here	the merit not said here			vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
4	debase	participle					vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent
5	float	gerund					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
6	understand	to-infinitive		MacPherson			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
7	mean	past	greatness				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
8	meet	past		the ear		what nsubj	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Co-Agent

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 5, sentence 18