Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 5, sentence 28
Of some such error as MacPherson's I have myself, with less excuse, been guilty, in chapters xi. and xii., Vol. I., where I attempt to give some conception of the character of the Ossianic cycle.
Who acts: I · What happens: have, be, attempt, give, conceive · To what, where: myself, chapters xi, conception, character
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 (I), 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 | Of | of | ADP | _ | 4 error | case |
| 2 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 error | det |
| 3 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 error | amod |
| 4 | error | error | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 have | obl |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 MacPherson | case |
| 6 | MacPherson | MacPherson | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 error | nmod |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 MacPherson | case |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 have | nsubj |
| 9 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | myself | myself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 9 have | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 excuse | punct |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 excuse | case |
| 13 | less | less | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 14 excuse | amod |
| 14 | excuse | excuse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 have | parataxis |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 guilty | punct |
| 16 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 17 guilty | cop |
| 17 | guilty | guilty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 excuse | amod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 xi | punct |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 xi | case |
| 20 | chapters | chapter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 xi | compound |
| 21 | xi | xi | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 guilty | obl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 guilty | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 xii | cc |
| 24 | xii | xii | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 guilty | conj |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 have | punct |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 I. | punct |
| 27 | Vol. | Vol. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 I. | compound |
| 28 | I. | I. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 have | parataxis |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 attempt | punct |
| 30 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 32 attempt | advmod |
| 31 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 attempt | nsubj |
| 32 | attempt | attempt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 I. | acl:relcl |
| 33 | to | to | PART | _ | 34 give | mark |
| 34 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 attempt | xcomp |
| 35 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 36 conception | det |
| 36 | conception | conception | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 give | obj |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 character | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 character | det |
| 39 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 conception | nmod |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 cycle | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 cycle | det |
| 42 | Ossianic | Ossianic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 cycle | compound |
| 43 | cycle | cycle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 character | nmod |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 have | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | I | myself | of some such error as MacPherson; less excuse parataxis; Vol. I. parataxis | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent myself=Patient | |||
| 2 | is | participle | chapters xi | xii conj; guilty property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | attempt | present | I | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | give not said to happen | to-infinitive | I not said here | some conception of the character of the Ossianic cycle | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conception=Theme | ||||
| 5 | conceive | the character of the Ossianic cycle | nom conception «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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