---
title: The instinctive reverence of the peasantry has hitherto been a great… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: The instinctive reverence of the peasantry has hitherto been a great preservative; but the spread of education has to a considerable extent impaired this kindly sentiment, and the progress of scientific farming, and the anxiety of the Royal Irish Academy to collect antiquarian trifles, have already 
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/1/61/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[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/) / 61

# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 1, sentence 61

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The instinctive reverence of the peasantry has hitherto been a great preservative; but the spread of education has to a considerable extent impaired this kindly sentiment, and the progress of scientific farming, and the anxiety of the Royal Irish Academy to collect antiquarian trifles, have already led to the reckless destruction of too many.

<!-- .vintro -->
**Who acts:** instinctive reverence, spread, considerable extent, scientific farming · **What happens:** have, be, impair, collect, lead, reverence · **To what, where:** great preservative, sentiment, antiquarian trifles, progress, peasantry, education

<!-- .vabout -->
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 (instinctive reverence, spread, considerable extent, scientific farming), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

<!-- .note-en -->
**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg8109:1:61
# text = The instinctive reverence of the peasantry has hitherto been a great preservative; but the spread of education has to a considerable extent impaired this kindly sentiment, and the progress of scientific farming, and the anxiety of the Royal Irish Academy to collect antiquarian trifles, have already led to the reckless destruction of too many.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	instinctive	instinctive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	reverence	reverence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	peasantry	peasantry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	hitherto	hitherto	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	12	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	preservative	preservative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
14	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	spread	spread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	education	education	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	considerable	considerable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	extent	extent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
24	impaired	impair	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	acl	_	_
25	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	27	det	_	_
26	kindly	kindly	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	_
27	sentiment	sentiment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	progress	progress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	scientific	scientific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	farming	farming	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	anxiety	anxiety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	conj	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
41	Royal	Royal	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
42	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	Academy	Academy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	_
44	to	to	PART	TO	_	45	mark	_	_
45	collect	collect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	38	advcl	_	_
46	antiquarian	antiquarian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	compound	_	_
47	trifles	trifle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
49	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	51	aux	_	_
50	already	already	ADV	RB	_	51	advmod	_	_
51	led	lead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	31	acl	_	_
52	to	to	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
54	reckless	reckless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	destruction	destruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	_
56	of	of	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	too	too	ADV	RB	_	58	advmod	_	_
58	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the instinctive reverence of the peasantry |  |  |  |  | the progress of scientific farming and the anxiety of the Royal Irish Academy *parataxis* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | participle |  | a great preservative |  |  |  | hitherto *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **have** | present | the spread of education |  |  |  |  | to a considerable extent | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **impair** | participle | a considerable extent *not said here* | this sentiment |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sentiment=Experiencer |
| 5 | **collect** | to-infinitive | the instinctive reverence of the peasantry *not said here* | antiquarian trifles |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trifle=Theme |
| 6 | **lead** | present · perfect |  | the progress of scientific farming and the anxiety of the Royal Irish Academy *not said here* |  |  |  | to the reckless destruction of many | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to destruction=Patient |
| 7 | **reverence** |  |  | the peasantry |  |  |  |  | nom reverence «feeling transitive»: of=patient |
| 8 | **spread** |  |  | education |  |  |  |  | nom spread «event transitive»: of=patient |
| 9 | **progress** |  | scientific farming |  |  |  |  |  | nom progress «act intransitive»: of=agent |

<!-- .note -->
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.

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/1/60/)
- next →: [sentence 62](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/1/62/)
- ↑ back to [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/1/)