Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 5, sentence 65
The consentaneity of the annals and the literature furnishes a trustworthy guide to the general course of history, until its guidance is barred by _a priori_ considerations of a weightier nature, or by the statements of writers, having sources of information not open to us.
Who acts: consentaneity, priori · What happens: furnish, bar, have, guide, consider, state · To what, where: trustworthy guide, general course, guidance, sources, weightier nature, writers
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 (consentaneity, priori), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 consentaneity | det |
| 2 | consentaneity | consentaneity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 furnishes | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 annals | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 annals | det |
| 5 | annals | annal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 consentaneity | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 literature | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 literature | det |
| 8 | literature | literature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 annals | conj |
| 9 | furnishes | furnish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 guide | det |
| 11 | trustworthy | trustworthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 guide | amod |
| 12 | guide | guide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 furnishes | obj |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 course | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 course | det |
| 15 | general | general | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 course | amod |
| 16 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 furnishes | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 history | case |
| 18 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 course | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 barred | punct |
| 20 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 24 barred | mark |
| 21 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 guidance | nmod:poss |
| 22 | guidance | guidance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 barred | nsubj:pass |
| 23 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 barred | aux:pass |
| 24 | barred | bar | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 furnishes | conj |
| 25 | by | by | ADP | _ | 28 priori | case |
| 26 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 25 by | punct |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 priori | det |
| 28 | priori | priori | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 barred | obl |
| 29 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 30 considerations | punct |
| 30 | considerations | consideration | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 barred | advcl |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 nature | case |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 nature | det |
| 33 | weightier | weighty | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 34 nature | amod |
| 34 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 considerations | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 statements | punct |
| 36 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 39 statements | cc |
| 37 | by | by | ADP | _ | 39 statements | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 statements | det |
| 39 | statements | statement | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 considerations | conj |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 writers | case |
| 41 | writers | writer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 statements | nmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 having | punct |
| 43 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 24 barred | advcl |
| 44 | sources | source | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 having | obj |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 information | case |
| 46 | information | information | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 sources | nmod |
| 47 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 48 open | advmod |
| 48 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 information | amod |
| 49 | to | to | ADP | _ | 50 us | case |
| 50 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 48 open | obl |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 furnishes | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | furnish | present | the consentaneity of the annals and the literature | a trustworthy guide | the general course of history | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent guide=Theme to course=Recipient | |||
| 2 | bar | present · passive | a priori | consentaneity's guidance | considerations of a weightier nature or the statements of writers advcl | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme | |||
| 3 | have | gerund | a priori not said here | sources of information | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent source=Patient | ||||
| 4 | guide | consentaneity | nom guidance «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 5 | consider | a weightier nature | nom consideration «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 6 | state | writers | nom statement «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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