Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 6, sentence 46
As the bards recorded with a zeal and minuteness, so far as I can see, without parallel, the histories of the families to which they were adscript, so also they recorded with equal patience and care the far-extending pedigrees of those other families--invisible indeed, but to them more real and more awe-inspiring--who dwelt by the sacred lakes and rivers, and in the folds of the fairy hills, and the great raths and cairns reared for them by pious hands.
Who acts: I, parallel, great raths · What happens: record, see, be, care, extend, dwell · To what, where: bards, parallel, extending pedigrees, folds
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 (I, parallel, great raths), 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 | _ | 4 recorded | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bards | det |
| 3 | bards | bard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 recorded | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | recorded | record | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 zeal | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 zeal | det |
| 7 | zeal | zeal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 recorded | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 minuteness | cc |
| 9 | minuteness | minuteness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 zeal | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 see | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 far | advmod |
| 12 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 16 see | advmod |
| 13 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 16 see | mark |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 see | nsubj |
| 15 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 see | aux |
| 16 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 recorded | parataxis |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 parallel | punct |
| 18 | without | without | ADP | _ | 19 parallel | case |
| 19 | parallel | parallel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 see | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 histories | punct |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 histories | det |
| 22 | histories | history | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 parallel | conj |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 families | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 families | det |
| 25 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 histories | nmod |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 which | case |
| 27 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 30 adscript | obl |
| 28 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 adscript | nsubj |
| 29 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 adscript | cop |
| 30 | adscript | adscript | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 families | acl:relcl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 recorded | punct |
| 32 | so | so | ADV | _ | 35 recorded | advmod |
| 33 | also | also | ADV | _ | 35 recorded | advmod |
| 34 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 recorded | nsubj |
| 35 | recorded | record | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 see | conj |
| 36 | with | with | ADP | _ | 38 patience | case |
| 37 | equal | equal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 patience | amod |
| 38 | patience | patience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 recorded | obl |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 care | cc |
| 40 | care | care | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 see | conj |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 pedigrees | det |
| 42 | far | far | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 extending | amod |
| 43 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 42 far | punct |
| 44 | extending | extend | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 45 pedigrees | amod |
| 45 | pedigrees | pedigree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 care | obj |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 families | case |
| 47 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 49 families | det |
| 48 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 families | amod |
| 49 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 pedigrees | nmod |
| 50 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 51 invisible | punct |
| 51 | invisible | invisible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 families | appos |
| 52 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 51 invisible | advmod |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 real | punct |
| 54 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 58 real | cc |
| 55 | to | to | ADP | _ | 56 them | case |
| 56 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 58 real | obl |
| 57 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 58 real | advmod |
| 58 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 recorded | parataxis |
| 59 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 63 inspiring | cc |
| 60 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 63 inspiring | advmod |
| 61 | awe | awe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 inspiring | compound |
| 62 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 61 awe | punct |
| 63 | inspiring | inspiring | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 real | conj |
| 64 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 66 dwelt | punct |
| 65 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 66 dwelt | nsubj |
| 66 | dwelt | dwell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 63 inspiring | parataxis |
| 67 | by | by | ADP | _ | 70 lakes | case |
| 68 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 70 lakes | det |
| 69 | sacred | sacred | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 70 lakes | amod |
| 70 | lakes | lake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 66 dwelt | obl |
| 71 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 72 rivers | cc |
| 72 | rivers | river | NOUN | Number=Plur | 70 lakes | conj |
| 73 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 89 reared | punct |
| 74 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 89 reared | cc |
| 75 | in | in | ADP | _ | 77 folds | case |
| 76 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 77 folds | det |
| 77 | folds | fold | NOUN | Number=Plur | 89 reared | obl |
| 78 | of | of | ADP | _ | 81 hills | case |
| 79 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 81 hills | det |
| 80 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 81 hills | compound |
| 81 | hills | hill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 77 folds | nmod |
| 82 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 89 reared | punct |
| 83 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 89 reared | cc |
| 84 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 86 raths | det |
| 85 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 86 raths | amod |
| 86 | raths | rath | NOUN | Number=Plur | 89 reared | nsubj |
| 87 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 88 cairns | cc |
| 88 | cairns | cairn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 86 raths | conj |
| 89 | reared | rear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 66 dwelt | conj |
| 90 | for | for | ADP | _ | 91 them | case |
| 91 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 89 reared | obl |
| 92 | by | by | ADP | _ | 94 hands | case |
| 93 | pious | pious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 94 hands | amod |
| 94 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 89 reared | obl |
| 95 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 recorded | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | record | participle · passive | the bards | with a zeal and minuteness | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | see | can | I | parallel and the histories of the families | far property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer parallel=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | is | past | parallel | to the families; adscript property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | record | past | parallel | with equal patience | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | care | infinitive | I not said here | the extending pedigrees of that other families | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | extend | gerund | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 7 | dwell | past | by the sacred lakes and rivers; who nsubj | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by lake=Location | |||||
| 8 | rear | past | the great raths and cairns | the folds of the fairy hills | for parallel; by pious hands | vn rear-26.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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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