--- title: Can we imagine that a petty king of those times could, after his dea… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: Can we imagine that a petty king of those times could, after his death, when probably his successor had enough to do to sustain his new authority, command such labour merely to provide for himself a tomb. Who acts: we, successor, Antrim. 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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 (we, successor, Antrim), 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:pg8109:10:120 # text = Can we imagine that a petty king of those times could, after his death, when probably his successor had enough to do to sustain his new authority, command such labour merely to provide for himself a tomb. 1 Can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 2 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 imagine imagine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 petty petty NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 10 det _ _ 10 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 11 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 after after ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 17 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 18 probably probably ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 19 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 20 nmod:poss _ _ 20 successor successor NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 21 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 22 enough enough ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 23 to to PART TO _ 24 mark _ _ 24 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 acl:relcl _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 sustain sustain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 xcomp _ _ 27 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 28 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 authority authority NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 command command VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 conj _ _ 32 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 labour labour NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obj _ _ 34 merely merely ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 35 to to PART TO _ 36 mark _ _ 36 provide provide VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 31 advcl _ _ 37 for for ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 36 obl _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 tomb tomb NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **imagine** | can | we | | | | | Antrim's death *parataxis* | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **do** | past | Antrim's successor | | | | | enough, probably *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **sustain** | to-infinitive | Antrim's successor *not said here* | successor's new authority | | | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent authority=Theme | | 4 | **command** | infinitive | Antrim's successor *not said here* | such labour | | | | | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent labour=Eventuality | | 5 | **provide** | to-infinitive | Antrim's successor *not said here* | a tomb | | | | for successor; merely *property* | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Precondition tomb=Theme for himself=Beneficiary | | 6 | **die** | | Antrim | | | | | | nom death «event intransitive»: 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 119](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/119/) - next →: [sentence 121](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/121/) - ↑ back to [Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/)