Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 6, sentence 26
In mediaeval times the name lost its sublime meaning, and came to mean merely "fairy," no greater significance, indeed, attaching to the invisible people of the island after Christianity had destroyed their godhood.], fairy princes, Tuatha; gods, De; of Dana, Danan, otherwise Ana and the Moreega, or great queen; mater [Note: Cormac's Glossary] deorum Hibernensium--"well she used to cherish [Note: Scholiast noting same Glossary.] the gods."
Who acts: name, Christianity, Tuatha, Scholiast · What happens: lose, come, mean, attach, destroy, use · To what, where: sublime meaning, greater significance, fairy, godhood, mater, Note
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 (name, Christianity, Tuatha, Scholiast), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 times | case |
| 2 | mediaeval | mediaeval | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 times | compound |
| 3 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 lost | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 name | det |
| 5 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lost | nsubj |
| 6 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 meaning | nmod:poss |
| 8 | sublime | sublime | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 meaning | amod |
| 9 | meaning | meaning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lost | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 came | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 came | cc |
| 12 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 lost | conj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 mean | mark |
| 14 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 came | xcomp |
| 15 | merely | merely | ADV | _ | 17 fairy | advmod |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 fairy | punct |
| 17 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 mean | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 significance | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 significance | punct |
| 20 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 22 significance | det |
| 21 | greater | great | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 22 significance | amod |
| 22 | significance | significance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 came | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 attaching | punct |
| 24 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 26 attaching | advmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 attaching | punct |
| 26 | attaching | attach | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 22 significance | appos |
| 27 | to | to | ADP | _ | 30 people | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 people | det |
| 29 | invisible | invisible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 people | amod |
| 30 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 attaching | obl |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 island | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 island | det |
| 33 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 people | nmod |
| 34 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 37 destroyed | mark |
| 35 | Christianity | Christianity | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 destroyed | nsubj |
| 36 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 destroyed | aux |
| 37 | destroyed | destroy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 26 attaching | advcl |
| 38 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 godhood | nmod:poss |
| 39 | godhood | godhood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 destroyed | obj |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 26 attaching | punct |
| 41 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 26 attaching | punct |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 princes | punct |
| 43 | fairy | fairy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 princes | amod |
| 44 | princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 significance | conj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 Tuatha | punct |
| 46 | Tuatha | Tuatha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 significance | conj |
| 47 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 48 gods | punct |
| 48 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 lost | obl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 De | punct |
| 50 | De | De | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 gods | conj |
| 51 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 53 Dana | punct |
| 52 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 Dana | case |
| 53 | Dana | Dana | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 lost | obl |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 Danan | punct |
| 55 | Danan | Danan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 Dana | conj |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 Ana | punct |
| 57 | otherwise | otherwise | ADV | _ | 58 Ana | advmod |
| 58 | Ana | Ana | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 Dana | conj |
| 59 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 61 Moreega | cc |
| 60 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 61 Moreega | det |
| 61 | Moreega | Moreega | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 Dana | conj |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 65 queen | punct |
| 63 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 65 queen | cc |
| 64 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 65 queen | amod |
| 65 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 Dana | appos |
| 66 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 67 mater | punct |
| 67 | mater | mater | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lost | parataxis |
| 68 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 69 Note | punct |
| 69 | Note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 mater | appos |
| 70 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 73 Glossary | punct |
| 71 | Cormac | Cormac | PROPN | Number=Sing | 73 Glossary | nmod:poss |
| 72 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 71 Cormac | case |
| 73 | Glossary | Glossary | PROPN | Number=Sing | 69 Note | appos |
| 74 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 69 Note | punct |
| 75 | deorum | deorum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 67 mater | conj |
| 76 | Hibernensium | Hibernensium | PROPN | Number=Sing | 75 deorum | appos |
| 77 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 81 used | punct |
| 78 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 81 used | punct |
| 79 | well | well | INTJ | _ | 81 used | discourse |
| 80 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 81 used | nsubj |
| 81 | used | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 67 mater | acl:relcl |
| 82 | to | to | PART | _ | 83 cherish | mark |
| 83 | cherish | cherish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 81 used | xcomp |
| 84 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 85 Note | punct |
| 85 | Note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 83 cherish | obj |
| 86 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 87 Scholiast | punct |
| 87 | Scholiast | scholiast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 85 Note | appos |
| 88 | noting | note | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 87 Scholiast | acl |
| 89 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 90 Glossary | amod |
| 90 | Glossary | Glossary | PROPN | Number=Sing | 88 noting | obj |
| 91 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 85 Note | punct |
| 92 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 83 cherish | punct |
| 93 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 94 gods | det |
| 94 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 83 cherish | obj |
| 95 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 lost | punct |
| 96 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 lost | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past | the name | name's sublime meaning | time | of Dana and Danan and Ana and the Moreega; gods and De obl; mater and deorum parataxis | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme of dana=Initial_Location | ||
| 2 | come | past | the name not said here | no greater significance and fairy princes and Tuatha | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | mean | to-infinitive | the name not said here | fairy | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fairy=Topic | ||||
| 4 | attach | gerund | to the invisible people of the island; indeed property | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 5 | destroy | past · perfect | Christianity | people's godhood | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent godhood=Patient | ||||
| 6 | use in a quote | past | Tuatha | mater and deorum not said here | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent mater=Theme clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 7 | cherish in a quote | to-infinitive | Tuatha not said here | Note | the gods obj | tree rules | |||
| 8 | note in a quote | gerund | Scholiast not said here | same Glossary | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent glossary=Topic | ||||
| 9 | mean | name | nom meaning «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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