Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 5, sentence 44
Of each of these ages, the primary impressions were made in the bardic mind during the life-time of the heroes who gave to the epoch its character; and a strong impression made in such a mind could not have been easily dissipated or obscured.
Who acts: heroes · What happens: make, give, not dissipate, obscure · To what, where: primary impressions, bardic mind, epoch, strong impression, mind
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 (heroes), 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 | _ | 2 each | case |
| 2 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 made | obl |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 ages | case |
| 4 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 5 ages | det |
| 5 | ages | age | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 each | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 made | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 impressions | det |
| 8 | primary | primary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 impressions | amod |
| 9 | impressions | impression | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 made | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 made | aux:pass |
| 11 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 mind | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 mind | det |
| 14 | bardic | bardic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 mind | amod |
| 15 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 made | obl |
| 16 | during | during | ADP | _ | 20 time | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 time | det |
| 18 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 time | compound |
| 19 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 18 life | punct |
| 20 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 made | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 heroes | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 heroes | det |
| 23 | heroes | hero | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 time | nmod |
| 24 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 25 gave | nsubj |
| 25 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 heroes | acl:relcl |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 epoch | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 epoch | det |
| 28 | epoch | epoch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 gave | obl |
| 29 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 character | nmod:poss |
| 30 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 epoch | appos |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 46 dissipated | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 dissipated | cc |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 impression | det |
| 34 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 impression | amod |
| 35 | impression | impression | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 dissipated | nsubj:pass |
| 36 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 impression | acl |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 mind | case |
| 38 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 40 mind | det:predet |
| 39 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 mind | det |
| 40 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 made | obl |
| 41 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 46 dissipated | aux |
| 42 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 46 dissipated | advmod |
| 43 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 46 dissipated | aux |
| 44 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 46 dissipated | aux:pass |
| 45 | easily | easily | ADV | _ | 46 dissipated | advmod |
| 46 | dissipated | dissipate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 made | conj |
| 47 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 48 obscured | cc |
| 48 | obscured | obscure | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 46 dissipated | conj |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 made | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past · passive | the primary impressions | the bardic mind | time | of each of this ages | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||
| 2 | give | past | the heroes | the epoch | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to epoch=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | make | participle | a strong impression not said here | such mind | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||
| 4 | not dissipate | could · perfect · passive | a strong impression | easily property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 5 | obscure | participle | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: 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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