Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 6, sentence 5

When Cuculain came down into Meath on his first [Note: Vol. I., page 155.] foray, he found, on the lawn of the Dun of the sons of Nectan, a pillar stone with this inscription in Ogham--"Let no one pass without an offer of a challenge of single combat."

Who acts: Cuculain · What happens: come down, find, let, note, offer, challenge · To what, where: Meath, lawn, one pass, challenge, single combat · 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 (Cuculain), 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	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	3 came	advmod
2	Cuculain	Cuculain	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 found	advcl
4	down	down	ADV	_	3 came	advmod
5	into	into	ADP	_	6 Meath	case
6	Meath	Meath	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 came	obl
7	on	on	ADP	_	11 Note	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 Note	nmod:poss
9	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 Note	amod
10	[	[	PUNCT	_	11 Note	punct
11	Note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	obl
12	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 Vol.	punct
13	Vol.	vol.	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 Note	appos
14	I.	I.	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Vol.	appos
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 page	punct
16	page	page	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 Vol.	conj
17	155	155	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	16 page	flat
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 Vol.	punct
19	]	]	PUNCT	_	13 Vol.	punct
20	foray	foray	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 Note	appos
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 came	punct
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 found	nsubj
23	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 lawn	punct
25	on	on	ADP	_	27 lawn	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 lawn	det
27	lawn	lawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 found	obj
28	of	of	ADP	_	30 Dun	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 Dun	det
30	Dun	Dun	PROPN	Number=Sing	27 lawn	nmod
31	of	of	ADP	_	33 sons	case
32	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 sons	det
33	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	30 Dun	nmod
34	of	of	ADP	_	35 Nectan	case
35	Nectan	Nectan	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 sons	nmod
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 stone	punct
37	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	39 stone	det
38	pillar	pillar	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 stone	compound
39	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 Nectan	appos
40	with	with	ADP	_	42 inscription	case
41	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	42 inscription	det
42	inscription	inscription	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 stone	nmod
43	in	in	ADP	_	44 Ogham	case
44	Ogham	Ogham	PROPN	Number=Sing	42 inscription	nmod
45	--	--	PUNCT	_	47 Let	punct
46	"	"	PUNCT	_	47 Let	punct
47	Let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	23 found	ccomp
48	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	50 pass	det
49	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	50 pass	compound
50	pass	pass	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 Let	obj
51	without	without	ADP	_	53 offer	case
52	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 offer	det
53	offer	offer	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 Let	obl
54	of	of	ADP	_	56 challenge	case
55	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	56 challenge	det
56	challenge	challenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 offer	nmod
57	of	of	ADP	_	59 combat	case
58	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 combat	amod
59	combat	combat	NOUN	Number=Sing	56 challenge	nmod
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	47 Let	punct
61	"	"	PUNCT	_	47 Let	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	come down	past	Cuculain		Meath	on Cuculain's first Note; down property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into meath=Initial_Location
2	find	past	Cuculain	the lawn of the Dun of the sons of Nectan			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent lawn=Attribute clause=Theme
3	let in a quote	infinitive		no one pass		without a offer of a challenge of single combat	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pass=Theme
4	note		Cuculain				nom note «communication transitive»: poss=agent
5	offer in a quote			a challenge of single combat			nom offer «communication transitive»: of=patient
6	challenge in a quote			single combat			nom challenge «state 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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Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 6, sentence 5