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title: The Danish conquest, with its profound modification of Irish society… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: The Danish conquest, with its profound modification of Irish society, and consequent disruption of old habits and conditions of life, did not dissipate it; nor the more dangerous conquest of the Normans, with their own innate nobility of character, chivalrous daring, and continental grace and civili
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 1, sentence 52

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The Danish conquest, with its profound modification of Irish society, and consequent disruption of old habits and conditions of life, did not dissipate it; nor the more dangerous conquest of the Normans, with their own innate nobility of character, chivalrous daring, and continental grace and civilisation; nor the Elizabethan convulsions and systematic repression and destruction of all native phases of thought and feeling.

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**Who acts:** Danish conquest, conquest · **What happens:** not dissipate, modify, disrupt, condition, destroy · **To what, where:** life, Irish society, old habits, native phases

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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 (Danish conquest, conquest), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg8109:1:52
# text = The Danish conquest, with its profound modification of Irish society, and consequent disruption of old habits and conditions of life, did not dissipate it; nor the more dangerous conquest of the Normans, with their own innate nobility of character, chivalrous daring, and continental grace and civilisation; nor the Elizabethan convulsions and systematic repression and destruction of all native phases of thought and feeling.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Danish	danish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	conquest	conquest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	profound	profound	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	modification	modification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	society	society	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	consequent	consequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	disruption	disruption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	habits	habit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	conditions	condition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
24	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
25	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	26	advmod	_	_
26	dissipate	dissipate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
27	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
29	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	33	cc	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
31	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	32	advmod	_	_
32	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	conquest	conquest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	Normans	Norman	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	33	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
38	with	with	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
39	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	42	nmod:poss	_	_
40	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
41	innate	innate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	nobility	nobility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	parataxis	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	chivalrous	chivalrous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	daring	daring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
50	continental	continental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	grace	grace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	parataxis	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
53	civilisation	civilisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
55	nor	nor	CCONJ	CC	Polarity=Neg	58	cc	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
57	Elizabethan	Elizabethan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	58	compound	_	_
58	convulsions	convulsion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obl	_	_
59	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	61	cc	_	_
60	systematic	systematic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	61	amod	_	_
61	repression	repression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	conj	_	_
62	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
63	destruction	destruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	58	conj	_	_
64	of	of	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
65	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	67	det	_	_
66	native	native	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	67	amod	_	_
67	phases	phase	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	63	nmod	_	_
68	of	of	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
69	thought	thought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	nmod	_	_
70	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	71	cc	_	_
71	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	26	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **dissipate** | past · do-support | the Danish conquest and consequent disruption of old habits and conditions of life | life |  |  |  | the dangerous conquest of the Normans *obl*; the Elizabethan convulsions and systematic repression and destruction of all native phases of thought and feeling *obl*; Normans's own innate nobility of character  continental grace and civilisation and chivalrous daring *parataxis* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **modify** |  | conquest | Irish society |  |  |  |  | nom modification «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
| 3 | **disrupt** |  |  | old habits and conditions of life |  |  |  |  | nom disruption «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **condition** |  |  | life |  |  |  |  | nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient |
| 5 | **destroy** |  |  | all native phases of thought and feeling |  |  |  |  | nom destruction «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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.

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