--- title: On the plain of Tara, beside the little stream Nemanna, itself famou… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: On the plain of Tara, beside the little stream Nemanna, itself famous as that which first turned a mill-wheel in Ireland, there lies a barrow, not itself very conspicuous in the midst of others, all named and illustrious in the ancient literature of the country. A sentence of «Early Bardic Literatur --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/1/23/) [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/) / 23 # Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 1, sentence 23 On the plain of Tara, beside the little stream Nemanna, itself famous as that which first turned a mill-wheel in Ireland, there lies a barrow, not itself very conspicuous in the midst of others, all named and illustrious in the ancient literature of the country. **What happens:** turn, lie, name · **To what, where:** mill wheel, barrow, all, ancient literature 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: 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:pg8109:1:23 # text = On the plain of Tara, beside the little stream Nemanna, itself famous as that which first turned a mill-wheel in Ireland, there lies a barrow, not itself very conspicuous in the midst of others, all named and illustrious in the ancient literature of the country. 1 On on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Tara Tara PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 beside beside ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 11 Nemanna Nemanna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 13 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 14 nsubj _ _ 14 famous famous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 15 as as ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 obl _ _ 17 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 18 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 19 advmod _ _ 19 turned turn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 20 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 mill mill NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obj _ _ 24 in in ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 28 expl _ _ 28 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 29 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 barrow barrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 35 advmod _ _ 33 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 35 nsubj _ _ 34 very very ADV RB _ 35 advmod _ _ 35 conspicuous conspicuous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 conj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 midst midst NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 named name VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 44 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 45 illustrious illustrious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 conj _ _ 46 in in ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 49 det _ _ 48 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 literature literature NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ _ 50 of of ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn** | past | | a mill wheel | | | | in Ireland; which *nsubj*; first *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent wheel=Patient in ireland=Topic | | 2 | **lie** | present | | a barrow | | there | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location barrow=Theme | | 3 | **name** | participle · passive | | all | | the ancient literature of the country | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/1/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/1/24/) - ↑ back to [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/1/)