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Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 5, sentence 25

He declared that to be a translation which was original work, thus relegating himself for ever to a dubious renown, and depriving his country of the honest fame of having preserved through centuries, by mere oral transmission, a portion, at least, of the antique Irish literature.

Who acts: MacPherson, translation, honest fame · What happens: declare, be, relegate, deprive, have, preserve · To what, where: that, translation, original work, MacPherson, country

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, translation, honest fame), 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

nsubjobjmarkcopdetxcompnsubjcopamodnmodpunctadvmodadvclobjcaseoblcasedetamodoblpunctccadvclnmod:possobjcasedetamodnmodmarkaclxcompcaseoblpunctcaseamodamodoblpunctdetconjpunctcasenmodpunctcasedetamodamodparataxispunctrootHePRONdeclaredVERBthatPRONtoPARTbeAUXaDETtranslationNOUNwhichPRONwasAUXoriginalADJworkNOUN,PUNCTthusADVrelegatingVERBhimselfPRONforADPeverADVtoADPaDETdubiousADJrenownNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJdeprivingVERBhisPRONcountryNOUNofADPtheDEThonestADJfameNOUNofSCONJhavingVERBpreservedVERBthroughADPcenturiesNOUN,PUNCTbyADPmereADJoralADJtransmissionNOUN,PUNCTaDETportionNOUN,PUNCTatADPleastADJ,PUNCTofADPtheDETantiqueADJIrishADJliteratureNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 declarednsubj
2declareddeclareVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem2 declaredobj
4totoPART_7 translationmark
5bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf7 translationcop
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 translationdet
7translationtranslationNOUNNumber=Sing2 declaredxcomp
8whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel11 worknsubj
9wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 workcop
10originaloriginalADJDegree=Pos11 workamod
11workworkNOUNNumber=Sing7 translationnmod
12,,PUNCT_14 relegatingpunct
13thusthusADV_14 relegatingadvmod
14relegatingrelegateVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 declaredadvcl
15himselfhimselfPRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes14 relegatingobj
16forforADP_17 evercase
17evereverADVPronType=Ind14 relegatingobl
18totoADP_21 renowncase
19aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art21 renowndet
20dubiousdubiousADJDegree=Pos21 renownamod
21renownrenownNOUNNumber=Sing14 relegatingobl
22,,PUNCT_24 deprivingpunct
23andandCCONJ_24 deprivingcc
24deprivingdepriveVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 declaredadvcl
25hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs26 countrynmod:poss
26countrycountryNOUNNumber=Sing24 deprivingobj
27ofofADP_30 famecase
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 famedet
29honesthonestADJDegree=Pos30 fameamod
30famefameNOUNNumber=Sing26 countrynmod
31ofofSCONJ_32 havingmark
32havinghaveVERBVerbForm=Ger30 fameacl
33preservedpreserveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass32 havingxcomp
34throughthroughADP_35 centuriescase
35centuriescenturyNOUNNumber=Plur33 preservedobl
36,,PUNCT_40 transmissionpunct
37bybyADP_40 transmissioncase
38meremereADJDegree=Pos40 transmissionamod
39oraloralADJDegree=Pos40 transmissionamod
40transmissiontransmissionNOUNNumber=Sing24 deprivingobl
41,,PUNCT_43 portionpunct
42aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art43 portiondet
43portionportionNOUNNumber=Sing40 transmissionconj
44,,PUNCT_52 literaturepunct
45atatADP_46 leastcase
46leastleastADJDegree=Sup52 literaturenmod
47,,PUNCT_52 literaturepunct
48ofofADP_52 literaturecase
49thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art52 literaturedet
50antiqueantiqueADJDegree=Pos52 literatureamod
51IrishIrishADJDegree=Pos52 literatureamod
52literatureliteratureNOUNNumber=Sing2 declaredparataxis
53..PUNCT_2 declaredpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1declare speech: otherpastMacPhersonthatthe antique Irish literature at least parataxisvn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Attribute
2is ato-infinitiveMacPherson not said herea translationtree rules
3is apasta translationoriginal worktree rules
4relegategerundMacPherson not said hereMacPhersonto a dubious renown; thus propertytree rules
5deprivegerundMacPherson not said hereMacPherson's country of the honest fameby mere oral transmission and a portionvn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Source
6havegerundthe honest fame not said heretree rules
7preserveparticiplethe honest fame not said herecenturyvn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: 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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