Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 5, sentence 59
In a poem [Note: O'Curry's Manners and Customs, Vol. I., page 543.], descriptive of the fair [Note: On the full meaning of this word "fair," see Chap. xiii., Vol. I.] of Garman, we see this--
Who acts: we · What happens: see, mean · To what, where: Chap, this, poem, word
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 (we), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 poem | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 poem | det |
| 3 | poem | poem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 see | obl |
| 4 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 5 Note | punct |
| 5 | Note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 poem | conj |
| 6 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 Manners | punct |
| 7 | O'Curry | O'Curry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Manners | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 O'Curry | case |
| 9 | Manners | Manner | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 poem | appos |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 Customs | cc |
| 11 | Customs | Custom | PROPN | Number=Plur | 9 Manners | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 Vol. | punct |
| 13 | Vol. | Vol. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Manners | appos |
| 14 | I. | I. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Vol. | flat |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 page | punct |
| 16 | page | page | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 Vol. | appos |
| 17 | 543 | 543 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 16 page | flat |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 Vol. | punct |
| 19 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 9 Manners | punct |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 descriptive | punct |
| 21 | descriptive | descriptive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 poem | conj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 Note | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 Note | det |
| 24 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 Note | amod |
| 25 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 26 Note | punct |
| 26 | Note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 descriptive | obl |
| 27 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 31 meaning | punct |
| 28 | On | on | ADP | _ | 31 meaning | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 meaning | det |
| 30 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 meaning | amod |
| 31 | meaning | meaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 poem | appos |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 word | case |
| 33 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 34 word | det |
| 34 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 meaning | nmod |
| 35 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 36 fair | punct |
| 36 | fair | fair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 word | conj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 see | punct |
| 38 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 39 see | punct |
| 39 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 31 meaning | parataxis |
| 40 | Chap | chap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 see | obj |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 42 xiii | punct |
| 42 | xiii | xiii | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 see | obl |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 39 see | punct |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 I. | punct |
| 45 | Vol. | Vol. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 I. | compound |
| 46 | I. | I. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 meaning | nmod |
| 47 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 46 I. | punct |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 Garman | case |
| 49 | Garman | Garman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 I. | nmod |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 poem | punct |
| 51 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 52 see | nsubj |
| 52 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 53 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 52 see | obj |
| 54 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 52 see | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | infinitive | Chap | xiii obl | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chap=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | see | present | we | this | a poem and Note | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | mean | this word and fair | nom meaning «communication 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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