Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Age of Partholan and the Earliest Fomorian Gods., sentence 4
Now first appear the Fomoroh giant princes, under the leadership of curt Kical, son of Niul, son of Garf, son of U-Mor--a divine cycle intervening between KEASAIR and PARTHOLAN, but not of sufficient importance to secure a separate chapter and distinct place in the annals.
Who acts: you, divine cycle · What happens: appear, intervene, secure · To what, where: Fomoroh giant princes, leadership, separate chapter
This is a sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Age of Partholan and the Earliest Fomorian Gods.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, divine cycle), 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 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 appear | advmod |
| 2 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 appear | advmod |
| 3 | appear | appear | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 princes | det |
| 5 | Fomoroh | Fomoroh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 princes | compound |
| 6 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 princes | amod |
| 7 | princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 appear | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 leadership | punct |
| 9 | under | under | ADP | _ | 11 leadership | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 leadership | det |
| 11 | leadership | leadership | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 appear | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 Kical | case |
| 13 | curt | curt | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 Kical | amod |
| 14 | Kical | Kical | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 leadership | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 son | punct |
| 16 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 leadership | conj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 Niul | case |
| 18 | Niul | Niul | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 son | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 son | punct |
| 20 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 appear | vocative |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 Garf | case |
| 22 | Garf | Garf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 son | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 son | punct |
| 24 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 son | appos |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 Mor | case |
| 26 | U | U | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 Mor | compound |
| 27 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 26 U | punct |
| 28 | Mor | Mor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 son | nmod |
| 29 | -- | -- | PUNCT | _ | 32 cycle | punct |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 cycle | det |
| 31 | divine | divine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 cycle | amod |
| 32 | cycle | cycle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 Mor | appos |
| 33 | intervening | intervene | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 32 cycle | acl |
| 34 | between | between | ADP | _ | 35 KEASAIR | case |
| 35 | KEASAIR | KEASAIR | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 intervening | obl |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 PARTHOLAN | cc |
| 37 | PARTHOLAN | PARTHOLAN | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 KEASAIR | conj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 importance | punct |
| 39 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 43 importance | cc |
| 40 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 43 importance | advmod |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 importance | case |
| 42 | sufficient | sufficient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 importance | amod |
| 43 | importance | importance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 appear | obl |
| 44 | to | to | PART | _ | 45 secure | mark |
| 45 | secure | secure | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 importance | acl |
| 46 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 48 chapter | det |
| 47 | separate | separate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 chapter | amod |
| 48 | chapter | chapter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 secure | obj |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 51 place | cc |
| 50 | distinct | distinct | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 place | amod |
| 51 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 chapter | conj |
| 52 | in | in | ADP | _ | 54 annals | case |
| 53 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 54 annals | det |
| 54 | annals | annal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 51 place | nmod |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 appear | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | appear | imperative | you not said here | the Fomoroh giant princes | the leadership of curt Kical and son of Niul | now | of sufficient importance; son of Garf vocative; first property | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location prince=Theme | |
| 2 | intervene | gerund | a divine cycle not said here | between KEASAIR and PARTHOLAN | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | secure | to-infinitive | you not said here | a separate chapter and distinct place in the annals | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition chapter=Theme |
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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