--- title: Granted that the imagination which for centuries followed with eager… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: Granted that the imagination which for centuries followed with eager interest the lives of these heroes, beheld as gigantic what was not so, as romantic and heroic what was neither one nor the other, still the great fact remains, that it was beside and in connection with the mounds and cairns that t --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/1/22/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/) / [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/1/) / 22 # Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 1, sentence 22 Granted that the imagination which for centuries followed with eager interest the lives of these heroes, beheld as gigantic what was not so, as romantic and heroic what was neither one nor the other, still the great fact remains, that it was beside and in connection with the mounds and cairns that this history was elaborated, and elaborated concerning them and concerning the heroes to whom they were sacred. **Who acts:** great fact, fact, mounds, heroes · **What happens:** grant, follow, behold, not be, be, remain · **To what, where:** centuries, lives, connection, history, mounds, heroes 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 (great fact, fact, mounds, heroes), 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:pg8109:1:22 # text = Granted that the imagination which for centuries followed with eager interest the lives of these heroes, beheld as gigantic what was not so, as romantic and heroic what was neither one nor the other, still the great fact remains, that it was beside and in connection with the mounds and cairns that this history was elaborated, and elaborated concerning them and concerning the heroes to whom they were sacred. 1 Granted grant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 2 that that SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 imagination imagination NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 1 obj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 centuries century NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 8 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 acl _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 eager eager ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 16 det _ _ 16 heroes hero NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 beheld behold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 19 as as ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 gigantic gigantic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 obl _ _ 21 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 24 nsubj _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 23 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 24 advmod _ _ 24 so so ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 26 as as ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 27 romantic romantic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 heroic heroic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ _ 30 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 33 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 32 neither neither CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 33 cc:preconj _ _ 33 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 18 parataxis _ _ 34 nor nor CCONJ CC Polarity=Neg 36 cc _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 38 still still ADV RB _ 42 advmod _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 remains remain VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 44 that that SCONJ IN _ 50 mark _ _ 45 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 nsubj _ _ 46 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 50 cop _ _ 47 beside beside ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 in in ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 connection connection NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 51 with with ADP IN _ 53 case _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 mounds mound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 nmod _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 cairns cairn NOUN NNS Number=Plur 53 conj _ _ 56 that that SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 57 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 58 det _ _ 58 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj:pass _ _ 59 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 aux:pass _ _ 60 elaborated elaborate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 53 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 63 elaborated elaborate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 conj _ _ 64 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 63 xcomp _ _ 65 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 64 obj _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 67 concerning concern VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 64 conj _ _ 68 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 69 det _ _ 69 heroes hero NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 obj _ _ 70 to to ADP IN _ 71 case _ _ 71 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 67 obl _ _ 72 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 74 nsubj _ _ 73 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 74 cop _ _ 74 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 71 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 75 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grant** | participle | | | | | | for centuries; which the imagination *obj* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 2 | **follow** | participle | | centuries *not said here* | | | | with eager interest and the lives of this heroes | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **behold** | participle | | the lives of this heroes *not said here* | | | | as gigantic | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **not** **is** | past | | | | | | what *nsubj*; so *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | past | | | | | | as romantic one; what *nsubj* | tree rules | | 6 | **be** | | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **remain** | present | the great fact | | | | still | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **is** | past | fact | | | connection | | with the mounds and cairns | tree rules | | 9 | **elaborate** *speech: other* | past · passive | the mounds and cairns *not said here* | this history | | | | | tree rules | | 10 | **elaborate** *speech: other* | past | the great fact *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 11 | **concern** | gerund | the great fact *not said here* | mounds *= mound* | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer | | 12 | **concern** | gerund | the great fact *not said here* | the heroes | | | | whom *obl* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus hero=Experiencer | | 13 | **is** | past | heroes *= hero* | | | | | sacred *property* | tree rules | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/1/21/) - next →: [sentence 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/1/23/) - ↑ back to [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/1/)