Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 6, sentence 38
The gods of Greece were a creation of the Greek mind, indeed; but of their ancestry, i.e., of their development from more ancient divine tribes, we know little.
Who acts: gods, we · What happens: be, know, develop · To what, where: creation, little, more ancient divine tribes
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 (gods, we), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 gods | det |
| 2 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 creation | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Greece | case |
| 4 | Greece | Greece | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 gods | nmod |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 creation | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 creation | det |
| 7 | creation | creation | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 mind | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 mind | det |
| 10 | Greek | Greek | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 mind | amod |
| 11 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 creation | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 indeed | punct |
| 13 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 11 mind | advmod |
| 14 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 know | punct |
| 15 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 32 know | cc |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 ancestry | case |
| 17 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 ancestry | nmod:poss |
| 18 | ancestry | ancestry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 know | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 i.e. | punct |
| 20 | i.e. | i.e. | ADV | _ | 18 ancestry | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 development | punct |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 development | case |
| 23 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 development | nmod:poss |
| 24 | development | development | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 i.e. | appos |
| 25 | from | from | ADP | _ | 29 tribes | case |
| 26 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 29 tribes | amod |
| 27 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 tribes | amod |
| 28 | divine | divine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 tribes | amod |
| 29 | tribes | tribe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 development | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 ancestry | punct |
| 31 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 know | nsubj |
| 32 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 creation | parataxis |
| 33 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 know | obj |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 creation | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the gods of Greece | a creation | of the Greek mind | tree rules | |||
| 2 | know | present | we | little | of gods's ancestry | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer little=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | develop | gods = god | more ancient divine tribes | nom development «act transitive»: poss=agent from=place |
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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