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Hessessy; with Dr. Joyce’s ‘Old Celtic Romances;’ and with Mr. Standish O’Grady’s brilliant bardic ‘History of Ireland.’ **Who acts:** English reader, Standish, Annals, Petrie, W. · **What happens:** be, acquaint, translate, history, work, tell · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (English reader, Standish, Annals, Petrie), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg78491:2:52 # text = The English reader is more likely to be already acquainted with Dr. O’Donovan’s great translation of the ‘Annals of the Four Masters;’ with the works of Dr. Petrie, of Dr. Todd, and Dr. Reeves; with the ‘Tripartite Life of St. Patrick,’ translated, as well as many ancient tales, by Mr. W. M. Hessessy; with Dr. Joyce’s ‘Old Celtic Romances;’ and with Mr. Standish O’Grady’s brilliant bardic ‘History of Ireland.’ 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 English English ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 reader reader NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 6 likely likely ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 10 aux:pass _ _ 9 already already ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 acquainted acquaint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 xcomp _ _ 11 with with ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 12 Dr. Dr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod:desc _ _ 13 O’Donovan O'Donovan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ’s 's PART POS _ 13 case _ _ 15 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 translation translation NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 19 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Annals annal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 Masters Master PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 works work NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 Dr. Dr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod:desc _ _ 32 Petrie Petrie PROPN NNP Number=Sing 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 Dr. Dr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod:desc _ _ 36 Todd Todd PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 39 Dr. Dr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 nmod:desc _ _ 40 Reeves reeve NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 52 punct _ _ 42 with with ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 Tripartite Tripartite PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 Life Life PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 47 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 nmod:desc _ _ 49 Patrick Patrick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ’ ' ADV RB _ 52 advmod _ _ 52 translated translate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 59 punct _ _ 54 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 59 cc _ _ 55 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 54 fixed _ _ 56 as as ADP IN _ 54 fixed _ _ 57 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 58 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 61 by by ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 62 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 nmod:desc _ _ 63 W. W. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 nmod _ _ 64 M. M. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 flat _ _ 65 Hessessy Hessessy PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 66 ; ; PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ _ 67 with with ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 68 Dr. Dr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 69 nmod:desc _ _ 69 Joyce Joyce PROPN NNP Number=Sing 74 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 ’s 's PART POS _ 69 case _ _ 71 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 74 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 Old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 amod _ _ 73 Celtic celtic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 amod _ _ 74 Romances romance NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 75 ; ; PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 76 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ 77 and and CCONJ CC _ 86 cc _ _ 78 with with SCONJ IN _ 86 mark _ _ 79 Mr. Mr. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 80 nmod:desc _ _ 80 Standish Standish PROPN NNP Number=Sing 86 nsubj _ _ 81 O’Grady O'Grady PROPN NNP Number=Sing 80 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 82 ’s 's PART POS _ 80 case _ _ 83 brilliant brilliant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 86 amod _ _ 84 bardic bardic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 86 amod _ _ 85 ‘ ' PUNCT `` _ 86 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 86 History history NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ 87 of of ADP IN _ 88 case _ _ 88 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 86 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 89 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 90 ’ ' PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the English reader | | | | | with the works of Petrie Dr. and Todd Dr. and Reeves Dr.; likely *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **acquaint** *speech: other* | to-infinitive · passive | the English reader *not said here* | | | | | with O’Donovan Dr.'s great translation of the Annals of the Four Masters | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient» | | 3 | **translate** | participle | | | | | | with the Tripartite Life; of Patrick St.; many ancient tales by W. Mr. *conj*; Old Celtic Romances Joyce Dr. *conj* | vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **history** | | Standish Mr. | | | | | of Ireland | tree rules | | 5 | **translate** | | the Annals of the Four Masters | | | | | | nom translation «communication intransitive»: of=agent | | 6 | **work** | | Petrie Dr. and Todd Dr. and Reeves Dr. | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent | | 7 | **tell** | | W. Mr. | | | | | | nom tale «communication intransitive»: by=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:** «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Project Gutenberg book 78491 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/51/) - next →: [sentence 53](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/53/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/)