--- title: In the sepulchral monuments their names were preserved, and in the p… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: In the sepulchral monuments their names were preserved, and in the performance of sacred rites, and the holding of games, fairs, and assemblies in their honour, the memory of their achievements kept fresh, till the traditions that clung around these places were inshrined in tales which were finally --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/1/39/) [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/) / 39 # Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 1, sentence 39 In the sepulchral monuments their names were preserved, and in the performance of sacred rites, and the holding of games, fairs, and assemblies in their honour, the memory of their achievements kept fresh, till the traditions that clung around these places were inshrined in tales which were finally incorporated in the Leabhar na Huidhre and the Book of Leinster. **Who acts:** memory, traditions, monuments, names · **What happens:** preserve, hold, keep, cling, inshrin, incorporate · **To what, where:** names, sepulchral monuments, places, traditions, tales, Leabhar 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 (memory, traditions, monuments, names), 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:pg8109:1:39 # text = In the sepulchral monuments their names were preserved, and in the performance of sacred rites, and the holding of games, fairs, and assemblies in their honour, the memory of their achievements kept fresh, till the traditions that clung around these places were inshrined in tales which were finally incorporated in the Leabhar na Huidhre and the Book of Leinster. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 sepulchral sepulchral ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 monuments monument NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 names name NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 preserved preserve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 performance performance NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 rites rite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 holding hold VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 22 compound _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 20 obl _ _ 22 games game NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 fairs fair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 assemblies assembly NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 honour honour NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 memory memory NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 appos _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 achievements achievement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 37 kept keep VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 acl:relcl _ _ 38 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 till till ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 traditions tradition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj _ _ 44 clung cling VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 acl:relcl _ _ 45 around around ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 47 det _ _ 47 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ _ 48 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 aux:pass _ _ 49 inshrined inshrin VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 parataxis _ _ 50 in in ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 51 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obl _ _ 52 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 55 obj _ _ 53 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 aux:pass _ _ 54 finally finally ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 incorporated incorporate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 acl:relcl _ _ 56 in in ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 Leabhar Leabhar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 59 na na ADV GW Typo=Yes 55 obj _ _ 60 Huidhre Huidhre PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 goeswith _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 63 cc _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 63 Book Book PROPN NNP Number=Sing 59 conj _ _ 64 of of ADP IN _ 65 case _ _ 65 Leinster Leinster PROPN NNP Number=Sing 63 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 66 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **preserve** | past · passive | | monuments's names | | the sepulchral monuments | | in the performance of sacred rites; the holding games and fairs and assemblies in names's honour *obl* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | | 2 | **hold** | gerund | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **keep** | past | the memory *not said here* | | | | | of names's achievements; fresh *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **cling** | past | the traditions | | | this places | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around place=Location | | 5 | **inshrin** | past · passive | | the traditions | | tales | | | tree rules | | 6 | **incorporate** | past · passive | | tales | | the Leabhar | | finally *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **name** | | monuments *= monument* | | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 8 | **perform** | | | sacred rites | | | | | nom performance «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **honour** | | names *= name* | | | | | | nom honour «state transitive»: poss=agent | | 10 | **achieve** | | names *= name* | | | | | | nom achievement «act 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 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/1/38/) - next →: [sentence 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/1/40/) - ↑ back to [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/1/)