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title: Ere long again, owing to the bardic fraternity, who, though coming f… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: Ere long again, owing to the bardic fraternity, who, though coming from Innishowen or Cape Clear, formed a single community, the topical hero would, in some cases, where his character was such as would excite deeper reverence and greater fame, grow into a national hero, and a still nobler tomb be re
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 134

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Ere long again, owing to the bardic fraternity, who, though coming from Innishowen or Cape Clear, formed a single community, the topical hero would, in some cases, where his character was such as would excite deeper reverence and greater fame, grow into a national hero, and a still nobler tomb be required, in order that the visible memorial might prove commensurate with the imaginative conception.

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**Who acts:** bardic fraternity, character, visible memorial · **What happens:** owe, come, form, be, excite, grow · **To what, where:** bardic fraternity, Innishowen, single community, deeper reverence, national hero, nobler tomb

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This is a sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bardic fraternity, character, visible memorial), 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:pg8109:10:134
# text = Ere long again, owing to the bardic fraternity, who, though coming from Innishowen or Cape Clear, formed a single community, the topical hero would, in some cases, where his character was such as would excite deeper reverence and greater fame, grow into a national hero, and a still nobler tomb be required, in order that the visible memorial might prove commensurate with the imaginative conception.
1	Ere	ere	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
3	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	owing	owe	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	21	advcl	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	bardic	bardic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	fraternity	fraternity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Innishowen	Innishowen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	Cape	Cape	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	_
19	Clear	Clear	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
21	formed	form	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	community	community	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	topical	topical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	_
29	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	21	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	33	det	_	_
33	cases	case	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
35	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	39	advmod	_	_
36	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nsubj	_	_
38	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	cop	_	_
39	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	42	mark	_	_
40	as	as	ADP	IN	_	39	fixed	_	_
41	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	_	_
42	excite	excite	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	33	parataxis	_	_
43	deeper	deep	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	44	amod	_	_
44	reverence	reverence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obj	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
46	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	47	amod	_	_
47	fame	fame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
49	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	42	conj	_	_
50	into	into	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
51	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
52	national	national	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
53	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	61	cc	_	_
56	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
57	still	still	ADV	RB	_	58	advmod	_	_
58	nobler	noble	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	59	amod	_	_
59	tomb	tomb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	nsubj:pass	_	_
60	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	61	aux:pass	_	_
61	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	_
63	in	in	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
64	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	obl	_	_
65	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	70	mark	_	_
66	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
67	visible	visible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	68	amod	_	_
68	memorial	memorial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	70	nsubj	_	_
69	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	70	aux	_	_
70	prove	prove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	64	acl	_	_
71	commensurate	commensurate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	70	obj	_	_
72	with	with	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
73	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	75	det	_	_
74	imaginative	imaginative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	75	amod	_	_
75	conception	conception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	70	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **owe** | gerund |  |  |  |  | again | to the bardic fraternity *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to fraternity=Goal |
| 2 | **come** | gerund | the bardic fraternity |  |  | Innishowen or Cape |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from innishowen=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **form** | past |  | a single community |  |  |  | some cases *parataxis* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location community=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | past | case's character |  |  |  |  | such *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **excite** | would |  | deeper reverence and greater fame |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus reverence=Experiencer |
| 6 | **grow** | present |  |  |  |  |  | into a national hero *result* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into hero=Result |
| 7 | **require** | infinitive · passive |  | a nobler tomb |  | order |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |
| 8 | **prove** | might | the visible memorial | commensurate |  |  |  | with the imaginative conception | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent commensurate=Theme |

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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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