Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 6, sentence 8

The ancient bard, who, in the Tan-bo-Cooalney, describes the slaughter of Cailitin and his sons by Cuculain, states that there was an inscription to that effect, written in Ogham, upon the stone over their tomb, beginning thus--"Take notice"--evidently intended for all to read.

Who acts: ancient bard · What happens: describe, write, begin, take, intend, read · To what, where: slaughter, effect, Ogham, notice, Cailitin · 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 (ancient bard), 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	3 bard	det
2	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bard	amod
3	bard	bard	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 describes	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Cooalney	punct
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 Cooalney	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 Cooalney	punct
7	in	in	ADP	_	13 Cooalney	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Cooalney	det
9	Tan	Tan	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Cooalney	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 Tan	punct
11	bo	bo	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 Cooalney	compound
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 Cooalney	punct
13	Cooalney	Cooalney	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 bard	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 bard	punct
15	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 slaughter	det
17	slaughter	slaughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 describes	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 Cailitin	case
19	Cailitin	Cailitin	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 slaughter	nmod
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 sons	cc
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 sons	nmod:poss
22	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 slaughter	conj
23	by	by	ADP	_	24 Cuculain	case
24	Cuculain	Cuculain	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 sons	nmod
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 states	punct
26	states	state	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 sons	conj
27	that	that	SCONJ	_	29 was	mark
28	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	29 was	expl
29	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 states	acl:relcl
30	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	31 inscription	det
31	inscription	inscription	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 was	nsubj
32	to	to	ADP	_	34 effect	case
33	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	34 effect	det
34	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 inscription	nmod
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 written	punct
36	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	34 effect	acl
37	in	in	ADP	_	38 Ogham	case
38	Ogham	Ogham	PROPN	Number=Sing	36 written	obl
39	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 stone	punct
40	upon	upon	ADP	_	42 stone	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 stone	det
42	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 written	obl
43	over	over	ADP	_	45 tomb	case
44	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	45 tomb	nmod:poss
45	tomb	tomb	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 stone	nmod
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 beginning	punct
47	beginning	begin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	36 written	conj
48	thus	thus	ADV	_	47 beginning	advmod
49	--	--	PUNCT	_	51 Take	punct
50	"	"	PUNCT	_	51 Take	punct
51	Take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	47 beginning	ccomp
52	notice	notice	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 Take	obj
53	"	"	PUNCT	_	51 Take	punct
54	--	--	PUNCT	_	56 intended	punct
55	evidently	evidently	ADV	_	56 intended	advmod
56	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	36 written	conj
57	for	for	ADP	_	58 all	case
58	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	56 intended	obl
59	to	to	PART	_	60 read	mark
60	read	read	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 intended	advcl
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	15 describes	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	describe	present	the ancient bard in the Tan bo Cooalney the ancient bard in the Tan bo Cooalney the ancient bard	the slaughter of Cailitin and bard's sons by Cuculain and states			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent slaughter=Theme
2	write	participle		that effect not said here	Ogham	upon the stone over states's tomb	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	begin	gerund				thus property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	take in a quote	infinitive		notice			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Theme
5	intend	participle				for all; evidently property	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
6	read	to-infinitive					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	slaughter			Cailitin			nom slaughter «act 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 8