Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 6, sentence 30
As the Greek gods dethroned the Titans, so the Irish gods drove out or subjected the giants of the Fir-bolgs; but in the Irish mythology, we find both gods and giants descended from other ancient races of deities, called the Clanna Nemedh and the Fomoroh, and these a branch of a divine cycle; yet more ancient the race of Partholan, while Partholan himself is not the eldest.
Who acts: Greek gods, Irish gods, we, Partholan, deities · What happens: dethrone, drive out, subject, find, descend, call · To what, where: Titans, giants, gods, Irish mythology, other ancient races, deities · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Greek gods, Irish gods, we, Partholan), 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 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 5 dethroned | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 gods | det |
| 3 | Greek | Greek | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 gods | amod |
| 4 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 dethroned | nsubj |
| 5 | dethroned | dethrone | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Titans | det |
| 7 | Titans | Titan | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 dethroned | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 drove | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 drove | advmod |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 gods | det |
| 11 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 gods | amod |
| 12 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 drove | nsubj |
| 13 | drove | drive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 dethroned | conj |
| 14 | out | out | ADP | _ | 13 drove | compound:prt |
| 15 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 16 subjected | cc |
| 16 | subjected | subject | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 drove | conj |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 giants | det |
| 18 | giants | giant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 subjected | obj |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 bolgs | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 bolgs | det |
| 21 | Fir | fir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 bolgs | compound |
| 22 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 21 Fir | punct |
| 23 | bolgs | bolg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 giants | nmod |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 find | punct |
| 25 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 32 find | cc |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 mythology | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 mythology | det |
| 28 | Irish | Irish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 mythology | amod |
| 29 | mythology | mythology | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 find | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 mythology | punct |
| 31 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 find | nsubj |
| 32 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 dethroned | conj |
| 33 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 34 gods | det |
| 34 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 find | obj |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 giants | cc |
| 36 | giants | giant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 gods | conj |
| 37 | descended | descend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 gods | acl |
| 38 | from | from | ADP | _ | 41 races | case |
| 39 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 races | amod |
| 40 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 races | amod |
| 41 | races | race | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 descended | obl |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 deities | case |
| 43 | deities | deity | NOUN | Number=Plur | 41 races | nmod |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 called | punct |
| 45 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 deities | acl |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 Nemedh | det |
| 47 | Clanna | Clanna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 Nemedh | compound |
| 48 | Nemedh | Nemedh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 called | xcomp |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 Fomoroh | cc |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 Fomoroh | det |
| 51 | Fomoroh | Fomoroh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 Nemedh | conj |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 branch | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 branch | cc |
| 54 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 56 branch | det |
| 55 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 56 branch | det |
| 56 | branch | branch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 find | obl |
| 57 | of | of | ADP | _ | 60 cycle | case |
| 58 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 60 cycle | det |
| 59 | divine | divine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 cycle | compound |
| 60 | cycle | cycle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 branch | nmod |
| 61 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 64 ancient | punct |
| 62 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 64 ancient | advmod |
| 63 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 64 ancient | advmod |
| 64 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 find | conj |
| 65 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 66 race | det |
| 66 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 ancient | appos |
| 67 | of | of | ADP | _ | 68 Partholan | case |
| 68 | Partholan | Partholan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 66 race | nmod |
| 69 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 76 eldest | punct |
| 70 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 76 eldest | mark |
| 71 | Partholan | Partholan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 76 eldest | nsubj |
| 72 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 71 Partholan | nmod:unmarked |
| 73 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 76 eldest | cop |
| 74 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 76 eldest | advmod |
| 75 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 76 eldest | det |
| 76 | eldest | eld | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 64 ancient | conj |
| 77 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 dethroned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dethrone | past | the Greek gods | the Titans | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | drive out | past | the Irish gods | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | subject | participle | the Irish gods not said here | the giants of the Fir bolgs | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | find | present | we | both gods and giants | the Irish mythology | this branch of a divine cycle obl | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Topic | ||
| 5 | descend | participle | both gods and giants not said here | other ancient races of deities | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from race=Location | ||||
| 6 | call | participle | deities not said here | the Clanna Nemedh and the Fomoroh xcomp | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | not is | present | Partholan Partholan | eld property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | race | deities | nom race «event intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 9 | race | Partholan | nom race «event 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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