Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 5, sentence 21

Either not seeing the literary necessity of definiteness, or having no such abundant and ordered literature as we possess, upon which to draw for details, and being too conscientious to invent facts, however he might invent language, he published his epics of Ossian--false indeed to the original, but true to himself, and to the feelings excited by meditation upon them.

Who acts: we, literature · What happens: not see, have, possess, draw, be, invent · To what, where: literary necessity, such abundant literature, facts, language, epics

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 (we, literature), 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	Either	either	CCONJ	_	3 seeing	cc:preconj
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 seeing	advmod
3	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 necessity	det
5	literary	literary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 necessity	amod
6	necessity	necessity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seeing	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 definiteness	case
8	definiteness	definiteness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 necessity	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 having	punct
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 having	cc
11	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 seeing	conj
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	17 literature	det
13	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 literature	amod
14	abundant	abundant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 literature	amod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 ordered	cc
16	ordered	ordered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 abundant	conj
17	literature	literature	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 having	obj
18	as	as	SCONJ	_	20 possess	mark
19	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 possess	nsubj
20	possess	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 having	advcl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 draw	punct
22	upon	upon	ADP	_	23 which	case
23	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 draw	obl
24	to	to	PART	_	25 draw	mark
25	draw	draw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 possess	conj
26	for	for	ADP	_	27 details	case
27	details	detail	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 draw	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 conscientious	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 conscientious	cc
30	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	32 conscientious	cop
31	too	too	ADV	_	32 conscientious	advmod
32	conscientious	conscientious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 seeing	parataxis
33	to	to	PART	_	34 invent	mark
34	invent	invent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	32 conscientious	xcomp
35	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 invent	obj
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 invent	punct
37	however	however	ADV	_	40 invent	advmod
38	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 invent	nsubj
39	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	40 invent	aux
40	invent	invent	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	34 invent	conj
41	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 invent	obj
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 published	punct
43	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 published	nsubj
44	published	publish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	40 invent	advcl
45	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	46 epics	nmod:poss
46	epics	epic	NOUN	Number=Plur	44 published	obj
47	of	of	ADP	_	48 Ossian	case
48	Ossian	Ossian	PROPN	Number=Sing	46 epics	nmod
49	--	--	PUNCT	_	50 false	punct
50	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 epics	parataxis
51	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	44 published	advmod
52	to	to	ADP	_	54 original	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 original	det
54	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 indeed	obl
55	,	,	PUNCT	_	57 true	punct
56	but	but	CCONJ	_	57 true	cc
57	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 conscientious	parataxis
58	to	to	ADP	_	59 himself	case
59	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	57 true	obl
60	,	,	PUNCT	_	65 excited	punct
61	and	and	CCONJ	_	65 excited	cc
62	to	to	ADP	_	64 feelings	case
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 feelings	det
64	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	65 excited	obl
65	excited	excited	ADJ	Degree=Pos	57 true	conj
66	by	by	ADP	_	67 meditation	case
67	meditation	meditation	NOUN	Number=Sing	65 excited	obl
68	upon	upon	ADP	_	69 them	case
69	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	67 meditation	nmod
70	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 seeing	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not see	gerund		the literary necessity of definiteness		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer necessity=Stimulus
2	have	gerund		no such abundant literature		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent literature=Patient
3	possess	present	we			vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
4	draw	to-infinitive	we not said here		for details; which obl	vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for detail=Beneficiary
5	is	gerund			conscientious property	tree rules
6	invent	to-infinitive		facts		vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fact=Result
7	invent	might	literature	language	however property	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent language=Result
8	publish	past	literature	literature's epics of Ossian	indeed property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent epic=Result

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 21