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title: There is not a conspicuous sepulchral monument in Ireland, the tradi… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: There is not a conspicuous sepulchral monument in Ireland, the traditional history of which is not recorded in our ancient literature, and of the heroes in whose honour they were raised. Who acts: conspicuous sepulchral monument. A sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady,
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 1, sentence 19

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There is not a conspicuous sepulchral monument in Ireland, the traditional history of which is not recorded in our ancient literature, and of the heroes in whose honour they were raised.

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**Who acts:** conspicuous sepulchral monument · **What happens:** not be, not record, raise · **To what, where:** ancient literature, monuments, honour

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This is a sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 1. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (conspicuous sepulchral monument), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg8109:1:19
# text = There is not a conspicuous sepulchral monument in Ireland, the traditional history of which is not recorded in our ancient literature, and of the heroes in whose honour they were raised.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	conspicuous	conspicuous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	sepulchral	sepulchral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	monument	monument	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	traditional	traditional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	18	obl	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux:pass	_	_
17	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl:relcl	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
21	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	literature	literature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	heroes	hero	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	obl	_	_
28	in	in	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	30	nmod:poss	_	_
30	honour	honour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	_
31	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj:pass	_	_
32	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	aux:pass	_	_
33	raised	raise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **does** | present | a conspicuous sepulchral monument in Ireland and the traditional history |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **record** | present · passive |  |  |  | our ancient literature |  | of the traditional history | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: in literature=Destination |
| 3 | **raise** | past · passive |  | monuments *= monument* |  | honour |  | of the heroes | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: subject=Theme of hero=Destination in honour=Initial\_Location |

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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.

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**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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