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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 declared | nsubj |
| 2 | declared | declare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 declared | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 translation | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 translation | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 translation | det |
| 7 | translation | translation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 declared | xcomp |
| 8 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 work | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 work | cop |
| 10 | original | original | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 work | amod |
| 11 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 translation | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 relegating | punct |
| 13 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 14 relegating | advmod |
| 14 | relegating | relegate | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 declared | advcl |
| 15 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 14 relegating | obj |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 ever | case |
| 17 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 14 relegating | obl |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 renown | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 renown | det |
| 20 | dubious | dubious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 renown | amod |
| 21 | renown | renown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 relegating | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 depriving | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 depriving | cc |
| 24 | depriving | deprive | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 declared | advcl |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 country | nmod:poss |
| 26 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 depriving | obj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 fame | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 fame | det |
| 29 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 fame | amod |
| 30 | fame | fame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 country | nmod |
| 31 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 32 having | mark |
| 32 | having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 30 fame | acl |
| 33 | preserved | preserve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 having | xcomp |
| 34 | through | through | ADP | _ | 35 centuries | case |
| 35 | centuries | century | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 preserved | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 transmission | punct |
| 37 | by | by | ADP | _ | 40 transmission | case |
| 38 | mere | mere | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 transmission | amod |
| 39 | oral | oral | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 transmission | amod |
| 40 | transmission | transmission | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 depriving | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 portion | punct |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 portion | det |
| 43 | portion | portion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 transmission | conj |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 literature | punct |
| 45 | at | at | ADP | _ | 46 least | case |
| 46 | least | least | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 52 literature | nmod |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 literature | punct |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 literature | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 literature | det |
| 50 | antique | antique | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 literature | amod |
| 51 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 literature | amod |
| 52 | literature | literature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 declared | parataxis |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 declared | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | declare speech: other | past | MacPherson | that | the antique Irish literature at least parataxis | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Attribute | |||
| 2 | is a | to-infinitive | MacPherson not said here | a translation | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is a | past | a translation | original work | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | relegate | gerund | MacPherson not said here | MacPherson | to a dubious renown; thus property | tree rules | |||
| 5 | deprive | gerund | MacPherson not said here | MacPherson's country of the honest fame | by mere oral transmission and a portion | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Source | |||
| 6 | have | gerund | the honest fame not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | preserve | participle | the honest fame not said here | century | vn 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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