Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 5, sentence 84
It was, perhaps, invented, and certainly became fashionable on this account, straight strokes being more easily cut in stone than rounded or uncial characters.
What happens: invent, become, cut, round · To what, where: use, account, straight strokes, stone
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: 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 invented | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 invented | aux:pass |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 invented | punct |
| 4 | perhaps | perhaps | ADV | _ | 6 invented | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 invented | punct |
| 6 | invented | invent | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 became | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 became | cc |
| 9 | certainly | certainly | ADV | _ | 10 became | advmod |
| 10 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 invented | parataxis |
| 11 | fashionable | fashionable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 became | xcomp |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 account | case |
| 13 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 account | det |
| 14 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 became | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 cut | punct |
| 16 | straight | straight | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 strokes | amod |
| 17 | strokes | stroke | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 cut | nsubj:pass |
| 18 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 cut | aux:pass |
| 19 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 20 easily | advmod |
| 20 | easily | easily | ADV | _ | 21 cut | advmod |
| 21 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 became | conj |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 stone | case |
| 23 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 cut | obl |
| 24 | than | than | ADP | _ | 28 characters | case |
| 25 | rounded | round | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 characters | amod |
| 26 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 27 uncial | cc |
| 27 | uncial | uncial | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 rounded | conj |
| 28 | characters | character | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 cut | obl |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 invented | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invent | past · passive | use | perhaps property | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | ||||
| 2 | become | past | this account | certainly, fashionable property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | cut | gerund · passive | straight strokes | stone | than rounded characters; easily property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | |||
| 4 | round | participle | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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