Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 5, sentence 73
The bardic poems relating to the heroes of the ethnic times are filled with allusions to Ogham inscriptions on stone, and contain some references to books of timber; but in my own reading I have not met with a single passage in that literature alluding to books of parchment and to rounded letters.
Who acts: bardic poems, I, literature, my · What happens: relate, fill, contain, not meet, allude, round · To what, where: bardic poems, references, own reading
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 (bardic poems, I, literature, my), 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 | 3 poems | det |
| 2 | bardic | bardic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 poems | amod |
| 3 | poems | poem | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 filled | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | relating | relate | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 poems | acl |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 heroes | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 heroes | det |
| 7 | heroes | hero | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 relating | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 times | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 times | det |
| 10 | ethnic | ethnic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 times | amod |
| 11 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 heroes | nmod |
| 12 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 filled | aux:pass |
| 13 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 allusions | case |
| 15 | allusions | allusion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 filled | obl |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 inscriptions | case |
| 17 | Ogham | Ogham | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 inscriptions | compound |
| 18 | inscriptions | inscription | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 allusions | nmod |
| 19 | on | on | ADP | _ | 20 stone | case |
| 20 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 inscriptions | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 contain | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 contain | cc |
| 23 | contain | contain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 filled | advcl |
| 24 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 25 references | det |
| 25 | references | reference | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 contain | obj |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 books | case |
| 27 | books | book | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 contain | obl |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 timber | case |
| 29 | timber | timber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 books | nmod |
| 30 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 met | punct |
| 31 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 39 met | cc |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 reading | case |
| 33 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 reading | nmod:poss |
| 34 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 reading | amod |
| 35 | reading | reading | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 met | obl |
| 36 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 39 met | nsubj |
| 37 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 met | aux |
| 38 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 39 met | advmod |
| 39 | met | meet | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 13 filled | conj |
| 40 | with | with | ADP | _ | 43 passage | case |
| 41 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 passage | det |
| 42 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 passage | amod |
| 43 | passage | passage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 met | obl |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 literature | case |
| 45 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 46 literature | det |
| 46 | literature | literature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 passage | nmod |
| 47 | alluding | allude | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 46 literature | acl |
| 48 | to | to | ADP | _ | 49 books | case |
| 49 | books | book | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 alluding | obl |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 parchment | case |
| 51 | parchment | parchment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 books | nmod |
| 52 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 letters | cc |
| 53 | to | to | ADP | _ | 55 letters | case |
| 54 | rounded | round | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 55 letters | amod |
| 55 | letters | letter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 books | conj |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 filled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | relate | gerund | the bardic poems not said here | to the heroes of the ethnic times | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme to hero=Co-Theme | ||||
| 2 | fill | present · passive | the bardic poems | with allusions to Ogham inscriptions on stone | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with allusion=Instrument | ||||
| 3 | contain | infinitive | some references | to books of timber | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot reference=Theme | ||||
| 4 | not meet | present · perfect | I | my own reading | with a single passage in that literature | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with passage=Co-Agent | |||
| 5 | allude | gerund | that literature not said here | to books of parchment and rounded letters | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | round | participle | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 7 | read | my | nom reading «cognition transitive»: poss=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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