--- title: There is not a king of Ireland, described as such in the ancient ann… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: There is not a king of Ireland, described as such in the ancient annals, whose barrow is not mentioned in these or other compositions, and every one of which may at the present day be identified where the ignorant plebeian or the ignorant patrician has not destroyed them. Who acts: king. 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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 (king), 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:pg8109:1:34 # text = There is not a king of Ireland, described as such in the ancient annals, whose barrow is not mentioned in these or other compositions, and every one of which may at the present day be identified where the ignorant plebeian or the ignorant patrician has not destroyed them. 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 5 det _ _ 5 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl _ _ 10 as as ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 obl _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 annals annal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 17 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 barrow barrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 mentioned mention VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl:relcl _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 26 nsubj _ _ 24 or or CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 compositions composition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 29 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 30 det _ _ 30 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 obl _ _ 33 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 34 at at ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 identified identify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ _ 40 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 43 advmod _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 ignorant ignorant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 plebeian plebeian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 xcomp _ _ 44 or or CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 ignorant ignorant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 patrician patrician NOUN NN Number=Sing 50 nsubj:pass _ _ 48 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 50 aux _ _ 49 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 50 advmod _ _ 50 destroyed destroy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 conj _ _ 51 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 50 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **be** | present | a king of Ireland | | | there | | every one *parataxis* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **describe** | participle | | a king of Ireland *not said here* | | the ancient annals | | as such | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent as such=Attribute | | 3 | **not** **mention** *speech: other* | present · passive | | barrow | | other compositions these | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic | | 4 | **identify** | may · passive | | | | | day | of every one; plebeian *property* | vn empathize-88.2 «NP V» | | 5 | **not** **destroy** | present · perfect · passive | | the ignorant patrician | | | | barrow *obj* | 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 33](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/1/33/) - next →: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/1/35/) - ↑ back to [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/1/)