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Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 6, sentence 7

Should there be any bardic passage in which Ogham inscriptions are alluded to as if an obscure form of writing, the natural explanation is, that this kind of writing was passing or had passed into desuetude at the time that particular passage was composed; but I have never met with any such.

Who acts: bardic passage, natural explanation, writing, I · What happens: be, allude, pass, compose, not meet, form · To what, where: Ogham inscriptions, bardic passage, kind, desuetude, particular passage, any

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 (bardic passage, natural explanation, writing, I), 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

auxexpldetamodnsubjcaseoblcompoundnsubj:passaux:passacl:relclxcompcasemarkdetamodoblcasenmodpunctdetamodnsubjcoppunctmarkdetconjmarknsubjauxaclccauxconjcaseoblcasedetoblobjamodnsubj:passaux:passacl:relclpunctccnsubjauxadvmodparataxiscaseobjamodpunctrootShouldAUXtherePRONbeVERBanyDETbardicADJpassageNOUNinADPwhichPRONOghamPROPNinscriptionsNOUNareAUXalludedVERBtoPARTasADPifSCONJanDETobscureADJformNOUNofADPwritingNOUN,PUNCTtheDETnaturalADJexplanationNOUNisAUX,PUNCTthatSCONJthisDETkindNOUNofSCONJwritingNOUNwasAUXpassingVERBorCCONJhadAUXpassedVERBintoADPdesuetudeNOUNatADPtheDETtimeNOUNthatPRONparticularADJpassageNOUNwasAUXcomposedVERB;PUNCTbutCCONJIPRONhaveAUXneverADVmetVERBwithADPanyDETsuchADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ShouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin3 beaux
2theretherePRONPronType=Dem3 beexpl
3bebeVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4anyanyDETPronType=Ind6 passagedet
5bardicbardicADJDegree=Pos6 passageamod
6passagepassageNOUNNumber=Sing3 bensubj
7ininADP_8 whichcase
8whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel12 alludedobl
9OghamOghamPROPNNumber=Sing10 inscriptionscompound
10inscriptionsinscriptionNOUNNumber=Plur12 alludednsubj:pass
11arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin12 alludedaux:pass
12alludedalludeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass6 passageacl:relcl
13totoPART_12 alludedxcomp
14asasADP_18 formcase
15ififSCONJ_18 formmark
16anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art18 formdet
17obscureobscureADJDegree=Pos18 formamod
18formformNOUNNumber=Sing12 alludedobl
19ofofADP_20 writingcase
20writingwritingNOUNNumber=Sing18 formnmod
21,,PUNCT_29 kindpunct
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 explanationdet
23naturalnaturalADJDegree=Pos24 explanationamod
24explanationexplanationNOUNNumber=Sing29 kindnsubj
25isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin29 kindcop
26,,PUNCT_29 kindpunct
27thatthatSCONJ_29 kindmark
28thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem29 kinddet
29kindkindNOUNNumber=Sing6 passageconj
30ofofSCONJ_33 passingmark
31writingwritingNOUNNumber=Sing33 passingnsubj
32wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin33 passingaux
33passingpassVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part29 kindacl
34ororCCONJ_36 passedcc
35hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin36 passedaux
36passedpassVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part33 passingconj
37intointoADP_38 desuetudecase
38desuetudedesuetudeNOUNNumber=Sing36 passedobl
39atatADP_41 timecase
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art41 timedet
41timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing36 passedobl
42thatthatPRONPronType=Rel46 composedobj
43particularparticularADJDegree=Pos44 passageamod
44passagepassageNOUNNumber=Sing46 composednsubj:pass
45wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin46 composedaux:pass
46composedcomposeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass41 timeacl:relcl
47;;PUNCT_52 metpunct
48butbutCCONJ_52 metcc
49IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs52 metnsubj
50havehaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin52 metaux
51neverneverADVPronType=Neg52 metadvmod
52metmeetVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part3 beparataxis
53withwithADP_54 anycase
54anyanyDETPronType=Ind52 metobj
55suchsuchADJDegree=Pos54 anyamod
56..PUNCT_3 bepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1beshouldany bardic passage and this kindtherevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2alludepresent · passiveOgham inscriptionsany bardic passage and this kindas a obscure form of writingtree rules
3is apresentthe natural explanationthis kindtree rules
4passpast · progressivewritingthis kind not said herevn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme kind=Trajectory
5passpast · perfectwriting not said heredesuetudetimevn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into desuetude=Initial_Location
6composepast · passiveparticular passagethe timetree rules
7not meetpresent · perfectIanyvn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent any=Co-Agent
8formwritingnom form «communication 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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