Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 6, sentence 20
On the other hand, there is a vagueness about the Feed Fia which would seem to indicate the growth of a more awe-stricken mood in describing things supernatural.
Who acts: vagueness, more awe stricken mood · What happens: be, seem, indicate, describe, grow · To what, where: other hand, growth, things supernatural
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 (vagueness, more awe stricken mood), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 4 hand | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 hand | det |
| 3 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 hand | amod |
| 4 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 is | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 hand | punct |
| 6 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 7 is | expl |
| 7 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 vagueness | det |
| 9 | vagueness | vagueness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 is | nsubj |
| 10 | about | about | ADP | _ | 13 Fia | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Fia | det |
| 12 | Feed | Feed | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Fia | compound |
| 13 | Fia | Fia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 vagueness | nmod |
| 14 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 seem | nsubj |
| 15 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 seem | aux |
| 16 | seem | seem | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 vagueness | acl:relcl |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 indicate | mark |
| 18 | indicate | indicate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 seem | xcomp |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 growth | det |
| 20 | growth | growth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 indicate | obj |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 mood | case |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 mood | det |
| 23 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 27 mood | amod |
| 24 | awe | awe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 mood | compound |
| 25 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 24 awe | punct |
| 26 | stricken | stricken | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 mood | amod |
| 27 | mood | mood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 growth | nmod |
| 28 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 29 describing | mark |
| 29 | describing | describe | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 27 mood | acl |
| 30 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 supernatural | compound |
| 31 | supernatural | supernatural | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 describing | obj |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 is | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | a vagueness about the Feed Fia | the other hand; there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on hand=Location | ||||
| 2 | seem | would | a vagueness about the Feed Fia | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute | |||||
| 3 | indicate | to-infinitive | a vagueness about the Feed Fia not said here | the growth of a more awe stricken mood | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot growth=Topic | ||||
| 4 | describe | gerund | a more awe stricken mood not said here | things supernatural | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent supernatural=Theme | ||||
| 5 | grow | a more awe stricken mood | nom growth «process intransitive»: of=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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