Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 5, sentence 23
The thought of the great lexicographer riding rough-shod over the poor mountain songs which he loved, and the fame which he had already acquired, deterred and dissuaded him, if he had ever any such intention, until the opportunity was past.
Who acts: great lexicographer, literature, opportunity · What happens: ride, shoe, love, acquire, deter, dissuade · To what, where: poor mountain songs, fame, literature, such intention, thought, great lexicographer
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 (great lexicographer, literature, opportunity), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 thought | det |
| 2 | thought | thought | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 lexicographer | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 lexicographer | det |
| 5 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 lexicographer | amod |
| 6 | lexicographer | lexicographer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 thought | nmod |
| 7 | riding | ride | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 lexicographer | acl |
| 8 | rough | rough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 shod | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 rough | punct |
| 10 | shod | shoe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 riding | xcomp |
| 11 | over | over | ADP | _ | 15 songs | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 songs | det |
| 13 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 songs | amod |
| 14 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 songs | compound |
| 15 | songs | song | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 shod | obl |
| 16 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 loved | obj |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 loved | nsubj |
| 18 | loved | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 songs | acl:relcl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 fame | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 fame | cc |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 fame | det |
| 22 | fame | fame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 thought | conj |
| 23 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 27 acquired | nsubj:pass |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 acquired | nsubj |
| 25 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 acquired | aux |
| 26 | already | already | ADV | _ | 27 acquired | advmod |
| 27 | acquired | acquire | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 fame | acl:relcl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 deterred | punct |
| 29 | deterred | deter | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 acquired | conj |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 dissuaded | cc |
| 31 | dissuaded | dissuade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 acquired | conj |
| 32 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 dissuaded | obj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 had | punct |
| 34 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 36 had | mark |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 had | nsubj |
| 36 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 dissuaded | parataxis |
| 37 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 36 had | advmod |
| 38 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 40 intention | det |
| 39 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 intention | amod |
| 40 | intention | intention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 had | obj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 past | punct |
| 42 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 46 past | mark |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 opportunity | det |
| 44 | opportunity | opportunity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 past | nsubj |
| 45 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 past | cop |
| 46 | past | past | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 had | conj |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 thought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride | gerund | the great lexicographer not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | shoe | participle | the great lexicographer not said here | the poor mountain songs | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | love | past | literature | the poor mountain songs | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer which=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | acquire | past · perfect · passive | the fame | literature nsubj | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 5 | deter | participle | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer | ||||||
| 6 | dissuade | past | literature | vn discourage-64.5 «NP V NP PP.eventuality»: agent=Causer he=Beneficiary | |||||
| 7 | have a condition, not said to happen | past | literature | any such intention | ever | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent intention=Patient | |||
| 8 | is | past | the opportunity | past property | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | think | the great lexicographer | nom thought «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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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