--- title: It may be legend, but it is legend believed in as history never cons… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: It may be legend, but it is legend believed in as history never consciously invented, and growing out of certain spots of the earth's surface, and supported by and drawing its life from the soil like a natural growth. Who acts: sort, growing. 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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 (sort, growing), 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:pg8109:1:44 # text = It may be legend, but it is legend believed in as history never consciously invented, and growing out of certain spots of the earth's surface, and supported by and drawing its life from the soil like a natural growth. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 4 cop _ _ 4 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 10 believed believe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 as as ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 consciously consciously ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 invented invent VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 19 growing grow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 31 csubj _ _ 20 out out ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 spots spot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 27 's 's PART POS _ 26 case _ _ 28 surface surface NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 supported support VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 32 by by SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 drawing draw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 35 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 37 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 soil soil NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 40 like like ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 growth growth NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | may | sort | legend but legend | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is a** | present | sort | legend | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **believe** | participle | | legend *not said here* | | history | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 4 | **invent** | participle | | | | | never | consciously *property* | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **grow out** | gerund | | certain spots of the earth's surface | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location spot=Theme | | 6 | **support** | participle | growing | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **draw** | gerund | growing *not said here* | sort's life | | the soil | | like a natural growth | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent life=Theme from soil=Initial\_Location | 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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/1/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/1/45/) - ↑ back to [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/1/)