Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Age of the Nemedian Gods and Second Cycle of the Fomorians., sentence 5
Wars now between the Clanna Nemedh and the second cycle of the Fomoroh, led this time by Faebar and More, sons of Dela, and Coning, son of Faebar; battles at Ros Freachan, now Rosreahan, barony of Murresk, Co. Mayo, at Slieve Blahma [Note: Slieve Blahma, now Slieve Bloom, a mountain range famous in our mythology; one of the peaks, Ard Erin, sacred to Eire, a goddess of the Tuatha De Danan, who has given her name to the island.
Who acts: Wars, goddess · What happens: lead, cone, give, name · To what, where: battles, son, name, island
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 (Wars, goddess), 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 | Wars | war | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 led | nsubj |
| 2 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 Nemedh | advmod |
| 3 | between | between | ADP | _ | 6 Nemedh | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Nemedh | det |
| 5 | Clanna | Clanna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Nemedh | compound |
| 6 | Nemedh | Nemedh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Wars | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 cycle | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 cycle | det |
| 9 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 10 cycle | amod |
| 10 | cycle | cycle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Nemedh | conj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Fomoroh | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Fomoroh | det |
| 13 | Fomoroh | Fomoroh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 cycle | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wars | punct |
| 15 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 17 time | det |
| 17 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 led | obj |
| 18 | by | by | ADP | _ | 19 Faebar | case |
| 19 | Faebar | Faebar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 led | obl |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 More | cc |
| 21 | More | More | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Faebar | conj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 sons | punct |
| 23 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 Faebar | appos |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 Dela | case |
| 25 | Dela | Dela | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 sons | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 Coning | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 Coning | cc |
| 28 | Coning | cone | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 led | advcl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 son | punct |
| 30 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 Coning | obj |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 Faebar | case |
| 32 | Faebar | Faebar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 son | nmod |
| 33 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 34 battles | punct |
| 34 | battles | battle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 led | obl |
| 35 | at | at | ADP | _ | 36 Ros | case |
| 36 | Ros | Ros | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 battles | nmod |
| 37 | Freachan | Freachan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 Ros | flat |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 Rosreahan | punct |
| 39 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 40 Rosreahan | advmod |
| 40 | Rosreahan | Rosreahan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 battles | nmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 barony | punct |
| 42 | barony | barony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 battles | conj |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 Murresk | case |
| 44 | Murresk | Murresk | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 barony | nmod |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 Co. | punct |
| 46 | Co. | Co. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 Murresk | appos |
| 47 | Mayo | Mayo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 46 Co. | flat |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 Slieve | punct |
| 49 | at | at | ADP | _ | 50 Slieve | case |
| 50 | Slieve | Slieve | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 battles | conj |
| 51 | Blahma | Blahma | PROPN | Number=Sing | 50 Slieve | flat |
| 52 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 53 Note | punct |
| 53 | Note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 Slieve | appos |
| 54 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 55 Slieve | punct |
| 55 | Slieve | Slieve | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 Note | appos |
| 56 | Blahma | Blahma | PROPN | Number=Sing | 55 Slieve | flat |
| 57 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 Slieve | punct |
| 58 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 59 Slieve | advmod |
| 59 | Slieve | Slieve | PROPN | Number=Sing | 55 Slieve | conj |
| 60 | Bloom | Bloom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 59 Slieve | flat |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 range | punct |
| 62 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 64 range | det |
| 63 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 range | compound |
| 64 | range | range | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 Slieve | appos |
| 65 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 64 range | amod |
| 66 | in | in | ADP | _ | 68 mythology | case |
| 67 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 68 mythology | nmod:poss |
| 68 | mythology | mythology | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 famous | obl |
| 69 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 70 one | punct |
| 70 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 led | conj |
| 71 | of | of | ADP | _ | 73 peaks | case |
| 72 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 73 peaks | det |
| 73 | peaks | peak | NOUN | Number=Plur | 70 one | nmod |
| 74 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 76 Erin | punct |
| 75 | Ard | Ard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 76 Erin | compound |
| 76 | Erin | Erin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 led | obl |
| 77 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 78 sacred | punct |
| 78 | sacred | sacred | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 76 Erin | amod |
| 79 | to | to | ADP | _ | 80 Eire | case |
| 80 | Eire | Eire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 78 sacred | obl |
| 81 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 83 goddess | punct |
| 82 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 83 goddess | det |
| 83 | goddess | goddess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 76 Erin | appos |
| 84 | of | of | ADP | _ | 88 Danan | case |
| 85 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 88 Danan | det |
| 86 | Tuatha | Tuatha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 88 Danan | compound |
| 87 | De | De | PROPN | Number=Sing | 86 Tuatha | flat |
| 88 | Danan | Danan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 83 goddess | nmod |
| 89 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 92 given | punct |
| 90 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 92 given | nsubj |
| 91 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 92 given | aux |
| 92 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 83 goddess | acl |
| 93 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 94 name | nmod:poss |
| 94 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 92 given | obj |
| 95 | to | to | ADP | _ | 97 island | case |
| 96 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 97 island | det |
| 97 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 92 given | obl |
| 98 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 led | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lead | past | Wars between the Clanna Nemedh and the second cycle of the Fomoroh | battles at Ros Rosreahan and barony of Murresk and Slieve | time | by Faebar and More; Ard Erin obl; one of the peaks conj | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by faebar=Destination | ||
| 2 | cone | gerund | Wars between the Clanna Nemedh and the second cycle of the Fomoroh not said here | son of Faebar | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | give | present · perfect | a goddess of the Tuatha Danan | goddess's name | the island | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Theme to island=Recipient | |||
| 4 | name | goddess | 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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