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Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 5, sentence 19

But he saw, too, that the historical origin of the ballads, and the position in time and place of the heroes whom they praised, had been lost in that colony removed since the time of St. Columba from its old connection with the mother country.

Who acts: MacPherson, ballads · What happens: see, praise, lose, remove · To what, where: historical origin, heroes, position, colony

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 (MacPherson, ballads), 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

ccnsubjpunctadvmodpunctmarkdetamodoblcasedetnmodpunctccdetnsubj:passcasenmodccconjcasedetnmodobjnsubjacl:relclpunctauxaux:passconjcasedetoblaclcasedetoblcasenmod:descnmodcasenmod:possamodnmodcasedetcompoundnmodpunctrootButCCONJhePRONsawVERB,PUNCTtooADV,PUNCTthatSCONJtheDEThistoricalADJoriginNOUNofADPtheDETballadsNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETpositionNOUNinADPtimeNOUNandCCONJplaceNOUNofADPtheDETheroesNOUNwhomPRONtheyPRONpraisedVERB,PUNCThadAUXbeenAUXlostVERBinADPthatDETcolonyNOUNremovedVERBsinceADPtheDETtimeNOUNofADPSt.PROPNColumbaPROPNfromADPitsPRONoldADJconnectionNOUNwithADPtheDETmotherNOUNcountryNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ButbutCCONJ_3 sawcc
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 sawnsubj
3sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4,,PUNCT_5 toopunct
5tootooADV_3 sawadvmod
6,,PUNCT_10 originpunct
7thatthatSCONJ_10 originmark
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 origindet
9historicalhistoricalADJDegree=Pos10 originamod
10originoriginNOUNNumber=Sing3 sawobl
11ofofADP_13 balladscase
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 balladsdet
13balladsballadNOUNNumber=Plur10 originnmod
14,,PUNCT_31 lostpunct
15andandCCONJ_31 lostcc
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 positiondet
17positionpositionNOUNNumber=Sing31 lostnsubj:pass
18ininADP_19 timecase
19timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing17 positionnmod
20andandCCONJ_21 placecc
21placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing19 timeconj
22ofofADP_24 heroescase
23thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 heroesdet
24heroesheroNOUNNumber=Plur21 placenmod
25whomwhomPRONPronType=Rel27 praisedobj
26theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs27 praisednsubj
27praisedpraiseVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin24 heroesacl:relcl
28,,PUNCT_17 positionpunct
29hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin31 lostaux
30beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part31 lostaux:pass
31lostloseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 sawconj
32ininADP_34 colonycase
33thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem34 colonydet
34colonycolonyNOUNNumber=Sing31 lostobl
35removedremoveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass34 colonyacl
36sincesinceADP_38 timecase
37thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art38 timedet
38timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing35 removedobl
39ofofADP_41 Columbacase
40St.St.PROPNNumber=Sing41 Columbanmod:desc
41ColumbaColumbaPROPNNumber=Sing38 timenmod
42fromfromADP_45 connectioncase
43itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs45 connectionnmod:poss
44oldoldADJDegree=Pos45 connectionamod
45connectionconnectionNOUNNumber=Sing41 Columbanmod
46withwithADP_49 countrycase
47thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art49 countrydet
48mothermotherNOUNNumber=Sing49 countrycompound
49countrycountryNOUNNumber=Sing45 connectionnmod
50..PUNCT_3 sawpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1seepastMacPhersonthe historical origin of the balladsvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2praisepastballads = balladthe heroesvn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whom=Theme
3losepast · perfect · passivethe position in time and place of the heroesthat colonyvn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
4removeparticiplethat colony not said heretimevn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=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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