--- title: How entirely early Irish legends are susceptible of a high poetic re… — The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of I… · tree and pragmatics description: How entirely early Irish legends are susceptible of a high poetic rendering in our own day can be doubted by no one who has read the poems founded on them which we owe to the genius of Sir Samuel Ferguson. Who acts: Irish legends, one, we. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Irish legends, one, we), 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:pg78491:2:53 # text = How entirely early Irish legends are susceptible of a high poetic rendering in our own day can be doubted by no one who has read the poems founded on them which we owe to the genius of Sir Samuel Ferguson. 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 entirely entirely ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 3 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 4 Irish Irish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 legends legend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 susceptible susceptible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 of of SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 poetic poetic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 csubj _ _ 12 rendering render VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 14 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ _ 15 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 17 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 18 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 19 aux:pass _ _ 19 doubted doubt VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 advcl _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 22 det _ _ 22 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 24 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 read read VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 22 acl:relcl _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 poems poem NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 28 founded found VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 obl _ _ 31 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 obj _ _ 32 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 owe owe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 34 to to ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 genius genius NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 Sir Sir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod:desc _ _ 39 Samuel Samuel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 40 Ferguson Ferguson PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Irish legends | | | | | entirely, susceptible *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **render** | gerund | | | | | day | | vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **doubt** | can · passive | no one | | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 4 | **read** | present · perfect | no one | the poems | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poem=Topic | | 5 | **found** | participle | | the poems *not said here* | | | | on poems *= poem* | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on they=Source | | 6 | **owe** | present | we | no one | | | | to the genius of Samuel Sir *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent which=Theme to genius=Goal | 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 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/52/) - next →: [sentence 54](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/54/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg78491/2/)