Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Age of the Nemedian Gods and Second Cycle of the Fomorians., sentence 2
NEMEDH, his wife Maca (first appearance of Macha, the war goddess, who gave her name to Armagh, i.e., Ard Macha, the Height of Macha), Iarbanel; Fergus, the Red-sided, and Starn, sons of Nemedh; Beothah, son of Iarbanel; Erglann, son of Beoan, son of Starn; Simeon Brac, son of Starn; Ibath, son of Beothach; Britan Mael, son of Fergus.
Who acts: war goddess, Macha · What happens: give, starn, name · To what, where: name, Armagh, sons
This is a sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Age of the Nemedian Gods and Second Cycle of the Fomorians.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (war goddess, Macha), 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 | NEMEDH | NEMEDH | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 sided | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 Maca | punct |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 wife | nmod:poss |
| 4 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Maca | nmod:desc |
| 5 | Maca | Maca | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 NEMEDH | nmod |
| 6 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 8 appearance | punct |
| 7 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 appearance | amod |
| 8 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Maca | appos |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Macha | case |
| 10 | Macha | Macha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 appearance | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 goddess | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 goddess | det |
| 13 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 goddess | compound |
| 14 | goddess | goddess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 NEMEDH | appos |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 gave | punct |
| 16 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 gave | nsubj |
| 17 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 goddess | acl:relcl |
| 18 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 name | nmod:poss |
| 19 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 gave | obj |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 Armagh | case |
| 21 | Armagh | Armagh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 gave | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 i.e. | punct |
| 23 | i.e. | i.e. | ADV | _ | 21 Armagh | dep |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 Ard | punct |
| 25 | Ard | Ard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Armagh | conj |
| 26 | Macha | Macha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 Ard | flat |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 Height | punct |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 Height | det |
| 29 | Height | Height | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Armagh | appos |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 Macha | case |
| 31 | Macha | Macha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 Height | nmod |
| 32 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 29 Height | punct |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 Iarbanel | punct |
| 34 | Iarbanel | Iarbanel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 Armagh | conj |
| 35 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 Fergus | punct |
| 36 | Fergus | Fergus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 NEMEDH | conj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 sided | punct |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 sided | det |
| 39 | Red | Red | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 sided | compound |
| 40 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 39 Red | punct |
| 41 | sided | sided | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 Starn | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 Starn | cc |
| 44 | Starn | starn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 sided | conj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 sons | punct |
| 46 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 Starn | obj |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 Nemedh | case |
| 48 | Nemedh | Nemedh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 sons | nmod |
| 49 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 50 Beothah | punct |
| 50 | Beothah | Beothah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 Starn | obl |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 son | punct |
| 52 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 Beothah | appos |
| 53 | of | of | ADP | _ | 54 Iarbanel | case |
| 54 | Iarbanel | Iarbanel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 son | nmod |
| 55 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 56 Erglann | punct |
| 56 | Erglann | Erglann | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 sided | obl |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 son | punct |
| 58 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 Erglann | appos |
| 59 | of | of | ADP | _ | 60 Beoan | case |
| 60 | Beoan | Beoan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 son | nmod |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 son | punct |
| 62 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 Erglann | appos |
| 63 | of | of | ADP | _ | 64 Starn | case |
| 64 | Starn | Starn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 62 son | nmod |
| 65 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 66 Simeon | punct |
| 66 | Simeon | Simeon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 sided | obl |
| 67 | Brac | Brac | PROPN | Number=Sing | 66 Simeon | flat |
| 68 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 69 son | punct |
| 69 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 Simeon | appos |
| 70 | of | of | ADP | _ | 71 Starn | case |
| 71 | Starn | Starn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 69 son | nmod |
| 72 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 73 Ibath | punct |
| 73 | Ibath | Ibath | PROPN | Number=Sing | 66 Simeon | conj |
| 74 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 75 son | punct |
| 75 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 Simeon | appos |
| 76 | of | of | ADP | _ | 77 Beothach | case |
| 77 | Beothach | Beothach | PROPN | Number=Sing | 75 son | nmod |
| 78 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 79 Britan | punct |
| 79 | Britan | Britan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 66 Simeon | conj |
| 80 | Mael | Mael | PROPN | Number=Sing | 79 Britan | flat |
| 81 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 82 son | punct |
| 82 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 66 Simeon | appos |
| 83 | of | of | ADP | _ | 84 Fergus | case |
| 84 | Fergus | Fergus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 82 son | nmod |
| 85 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 41 sided | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the war goddess | Macha's name | Armagh and Ard and Iarbanel | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Theme to armagh=Recipient | |||
| 2 | starn | infinitive | sons of Nemedh | Beothah obl | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | name | Macha | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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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