Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 6, sentence 14
There we see Mananan with his mountain-sundering sword, the Fray-garta; there Lu Lamfada, the deliverer, pondering over his mysteries; there Bove Derg and his fatal [Note: Every feast to which he came ended in blood.
Who acts: we, Mananan · What happens: see, sunder, ponder, end, note · To what, where: Mananan, mysteries, blood
This is a sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, Mananan), 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 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 3 see | expl |
| 2 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 see | nsubj |
| 3 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Mananan | Mananan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 see | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 sword | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 sword | nmod:poss |
| 7 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sundering | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 mountain | punct |
| 9 | sundering | sunder | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 sword | amod |
| 10 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 see | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 garta | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 garta | det |
| 13 | Fray | Fray | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 garta | compound |
| 14 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 Fray | punct |
| 15 | garta | garta | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sword | conj |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 Lu | punct |
| 17 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 18 Lu | expl |
| 18 | Lu | Lu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 see | obl |
| 19 | Lamfada | Lamfada | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Lu | flat |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 deliverer | punct |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 deliverer | det |
| 22 | deliverer | deliverer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 Lu | conj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 pondering | punct |
| 24 | pondering | ponder | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 see | advcl |
| 25 | over | over | ADP | _ | 27 mysteries | case |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 mysteries | nmod:poss |
| 27 | mysteries | mystery | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 pondering | obl |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 Bove | punct |
| 29 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 30 Bove | expl |
| 30 | Bove | Bove | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 see | obl |
| 31 | Derg | Derg | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 Bove | flat |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 Note | cc |
| 33 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 Note | nmod:poss |
| 34 | fatal | fatal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 Note | amod |
| 35 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 36 Note | punct |
| 36 | Note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 Bove | conj |
| 37 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 39 feast | punct |
| 38 | Every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 39 feast | det |
| 39 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 see | obl |
| 40 | to | to | ADP | _ | 41 which | case |
| 41 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 44 ended | obl |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 ended | nsubj |
| 43 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 44 ended | aux:pass |
| 44 | ended | end | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 feast | acl:relcl |
| 45 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 blood | case |
| 46 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 ended | obl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 see | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | we | Mananan | there | with Mananan's sundering sword and the Fray garta; Lu there and the deliverer obl; Bove there and Mananan's fatal Note obl; every feast obl | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mananan=Stimulus | ||
| 2 | sunder | gerund | mountain compound | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | ponder | gerund | we not said here | Mananan's mysteries | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | end | past · passive | Mananan | blood | to every feast | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | |||
| 5 | note | Mananan | nom note «communication 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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