Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 6, sentence 41
For this loss of the Grecian mythology, and this substitution of Nox and Chaos for the remote ancestors of the Olympians, we have to thank the early Greek philosophers, and the general diffusion of a rude scientific knowledge, imparting a physical complexion to the mythological memory of the Greeks.
Who acts: we, rude scientific knowledge, Nox · What happens: have, thank, impart, substitute, diffuse · To what, where: early Greek philosophers, physical complexion, rude scientific knowledge
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, rude scientific knowledge, Nox), 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 | For | for | ADP | _ | 3 loss | case |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 loss | det |
| 3 | loss | loss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 have | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 mythology | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 mythology | det |
| 6 | Grecian | grecian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 mythology | amod |
| 7 | mythology | mythology | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 loss | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 substitution | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 substitution | cc |
| 10 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 substitution | det |
| 11 | substitution | substitution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 loss | appos |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Nox | case |
| 13 | Nox | Nox | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 substitution | nmod |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 Chaos | cc |
| 15 | Chaos | Chaos | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Nox | conj |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 19 ancestors | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 ancestors | det |
| 18 | remote | remote | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 ancestors | amod |
| 19 | ancestors | ancestor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 substitution | nmod |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 Olympians | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Olympians | det |
| 22 | Olympians | Olympian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 19 ancestors | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 loss | punct |
| 24 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 have | nsubj |
| 25 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 thank | mark |
| 27 | thank | thank | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 have | xcomp |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 philosophers | det |
| 29 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 philosophers | amod |
| 30 | Greek | Greek | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 philosophers | amod |
| 31 | philosophers | philosopher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 thank | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 diffusion | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 diffusion | cc |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 diffusion | det |
| 35 | general | general | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 diffusion | amod |
| 36 | diffusion | diffusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 have | conj |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 knowledge | case |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 41 knowledge | det |
| 39 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 knowledge | amod |
| 40 | scientific | scientific | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 knowledge | amod |
| 41 | knowledge | knowledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 diffusion | nmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 imparting | punct |
| 43 | imparting | impart | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 41 knowledge | acl |
| 44 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 complexion | det |
| 45 | physical | physical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 complexion | amod |
| 46 | complexion | complexion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 imparting | obj |
| 47 | to | to | ADP | _ | 50 memory | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 memory | det |
| 49 | mythological | mythological | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 memory | amod |
| 50 | memory | memory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 imparting | obl |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 Greeks | case |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 Greeks | det |
| 53 | Greeks | Greek | PROPN | Number=Plur | 50 memory | nmod |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 25 have | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | we | for this loss of the Grecian mythology; the general diffusion of a rude scientific knowledge conj | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | thank speech: thank | to-infinitive | we not said here | the early Greek philosophers | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent philosopher=Theme | ||||
| 3 | impart | gerund | a rude scientific knowledge not said here | a physical complexion | to the mythological memory of the Greeks | tree rules | |||
| 4 | substitute | Nox and Chaos | for the remote ancestors of the Olympians | nom substitution «event intransitive»: of=agent for=obl | |||||
| 5 | diffuse | a rude scientific knowledge | nom diffusion «process transitive»: of=patient |
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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