--- title: The chief king indeed presided at Tara, and enjoyed the reputation a… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: The chief king indeed presided at Tara, and enjoyed the reputation and emoluments flowing to him on that account, but, upon the whole, no Irish king exercised more than a local sovereignty; they were all reguli, petty kings, and their direct authority was small. 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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 (chief king, reputation, Irish king, king), 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:pg8109:10:112 # text = The chief king indeed presided at Tara, and enjoyed the reputation and emoluments flowing to him on that account, but, upon the whole, no Irish king exercised more than a local sovereignty; they were all reguli, petty kings, and their direct authority was small. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 chief chief ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 presided preside VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Tara Tara PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 enjoyed enjoy VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 reputation reputation NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 emoluments emolument NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 conj _ _ 15 flowing flow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 acl _ _ 16 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obl _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 det _ _ 20 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 upon upon ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 28 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 30 det _ _ 29 Irish Irish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nsubj _ _ 31 exercised exercise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 32 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 31 obj _ _ 33 than than ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 local local ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 sovereignty sovereignty NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 38 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 39 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 40 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 41 det _ _ 41 reguli reguli NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 petty petty NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 compound _ _ 44 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 47 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 48 direct direct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 49 amod _ _ 49 authority authority NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 nsubj _ _ 50 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 51 cop _ _ 51 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **preside** | participle | the chief king | | | Tara | | indeed *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **enjoy** | past | the chief king *not said here* | the reputation and emoluments | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer reputation=Stimulus | | 3 | **flow** | gerund | the reputation and emoluments *not said here* | | Tara | that account | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on account=Location | | 4 | **exercise** | past | no Irish king | more than a local sovereignty | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Patient | | 5 | **is a** | past | king | all reguli and petty kings | | | | petty kings *conj* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | king's direct authority | | | | | small *property* | tree rules | 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 111](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/111/) - next →: [sentence 113](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/113/) - ↑ back to [Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/)