--- title: The early History of Ireland clings around and grows out of the Iris… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: The early History of Ireland clings around and grows out of the Irish barrows until, with almost the universality of that primeval forest from which Ireland took one of its ancient names, the whole isle and all within it was clothed with a nobler raiment, invisible, but not the less real, of a full --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/1/35/) [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/) / 35 # Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 1, sentence 35 The early History of Ireland clings around and grows out of the Irish barrows until, with almost the universality of that primeval forest from which Ireland took one of its ancient names, the whole isle and all within it was clothed with a nobler raiment, invisible, but not the less real, of a full and luxuriant history, from whose presence, all-embracing, no part was free. **Who acts:** early History, Ireland, part, history · **What happens:** cling around, grow out, take, clothe, embrace, be · **To what, where:** Irish barrows, one, primeval forest, history 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 (early History, Ireland, part, history), 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:pg8109:1:35 # text = The early History of Ireland clings around and grows out of the Irish barrows until, with almost the universality of that primeval forest from which Ireland took one of its ancient names, the whole isle and all within it was clothed with a nobler raiment, invisible, but not the less real, of a full and luxuriant history, from whose presence, all-embracing, no part was free. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 early early ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 History history NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 clings cling VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 around around ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 grows grow VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 10 out out ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 Irish Irish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 barrows barrow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 15 until until SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 18 almost almost ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 universality universality NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 xcomp _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 23 primeval primeval NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 forest forest NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ _ 25 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 obl _ _ 27 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 acl:relcl _ _ 29 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 obj _ _ 30 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 32 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 isle isle NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 37 conj _ _ 40 within within ADP IN _ 43 mark _ _ 41 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj:pass _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 clothed clothe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 advcl _ _ 44 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 nobler noble ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 47 amod _ _ 47 raiment raiment NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 , , PUNCT , _ 49 punct _ _ 49 invisible invisible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 but but CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 52 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 54 advmod _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 less less ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 55 advmod _ _ 55 real real ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 59 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 62 amod _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 61 luxuriant luxuriant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 conj _ _ 62 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 66 punct _ _ 64 from from ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 65 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 66 nmod:poss _ _ 66 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 68 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 70 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 69 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 68 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 70 embracing embrace VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 62 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 72 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 73 det _ _ 73 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 nsubj _ _ 74 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 75 cop _ _ 75 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 55 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 76 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cling around** | present | the early History of Ireland | | | | | around *property* | vn cling-22.5 «NP V together»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **grow out** | present | the early History of Ireland *not said here* | the Irish barrows | | | | the universality of that primeval forest *xcomp* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location barrow=Theme | | 3 | **take** | past | Ireland | one of history's ancient names | | that primeval forest | | the whole isle *obl* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent one=Theme from which=Initial\_Location | | 4 | **clothe** | past · passive | | history | | | | with a nobler raiment | vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **embrace** | gerund | Ireland *not said here* | | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | past | no part | | | | | free *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **name** | | history | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/1/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/1/36/) - ↑ back to [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/1/)