--- title: Certain rites and a certain ritual would attend those annual games a… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: Certain rites and a certain ritual would attend those annual games and lamentations, which would formerly not have been suitable, and eventually, when the hero, slowly drawing nearer through generations, if not centuries, at last reached Tir-na-n-Og, and was received into the family of the gods, a r --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/137/) [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/) / [Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/) / 137 # Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 137 Certain rites and a certain ritual would attend those annual games and lamentations, which would formerly not have been suitable, and eventually, when the hero, slowly drawing nearer through generations, if not centuries, at last reached Tir-na-n-Og, and was received into the family of the gods, a religious feeling of a different nature would mingle with the more secular celebration of his memory, and his rath or cairn would assume in their eyes a new character. **Who acts:** Certain rites, annual games, last, different nature, rath · **What happens:** attend, not be, draw, reach, receive, mingle · **To what, where:** annual games, Tir na n, family, religious feeling, eyes, memory 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 (Certain rites, annual games, last, different nature), 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:pg8109:10:137 # text = Certain rites and a certain ritual would attend those annual games and lamentations, which would formerly not have been suitable, and eventually, when the hero, slowly drawing nearer through generations, if not centuries, at last reached Tir-na-n-Og, and was received into the family of the gods, a religious feeling of a different nature would mingle with the more secular celebration of his memory, and his rath or cairn would assume in their eyes a new character. 1 Certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 rites rite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 certain certain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 ritual ritual NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 7 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 11 det _ _ 10 annual annual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 games game NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 lamentations lamentation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 nsubj _ _ 16 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 17 formerly formerly ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 18 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 19 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux _ _ 20 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 21 cop _ _ 21 suitable suitable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 24 eventually eventually ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 28 advmod _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 drawing draw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 28 conj _ _ 32 nearer near ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 31 xcomp _ _ 33 through through ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 generations generation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 36 if if SCONJ IN _ 38 mark _ _ 37 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 38 advmod _ _ 38 centuries century NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 at at SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 41 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 nsubj _ _ 42 reached reach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 43 Tir Tir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 44 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 45 na na NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 46 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 45 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 47 n n NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 49 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 49 Og Og PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 52 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 aux:pass _ _ 53 received receive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 advcl _ _ 54 into into ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 55 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 obl _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 61 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 63 det _ _ 62 religious religious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 63 amod _ _ 63 feeling feeling NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 conj _ _ 64 of of SCONJ IN _ 69 mark _ _ 65 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 66 different different ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 nsubj _ _ 68 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 69 aux _ _ 69 mingle mingle VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 63 acl _ _ 70 with with ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 71 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 72 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 73 advmod _ _ 73 secular secular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 amod _ _ 74 celebration celebration NOUN NN Number=Sing 69 obl _ _ 75 of of ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 77 nmod:poss _ _ 77 memory memory NOUN NN Number=Sing 74 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 78 , , PUNCT , _ 85 punct _ _ 79 and and CCONJ CC _ 85 cc _ _ 80 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 81 nmod:poss _ _ 81 rath rath NOUN NN Number=Sing 85 nsubj _ _ 82 or or CCONJ CC _ 83 cc _ _ 83 cairn cairn NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 conj _ _ 84 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 85 aux _ _ 85 assume assume VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 conj _ _ 86 in in ADP IN _ 88 case _ _ 87 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 88 nmod:poss _ _ 88 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 85 obl _ _ 89 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 91 det _ _ 90 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 91 amod _ _ 91 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 88 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 92 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **attend** | would | Certain rites and a certain ritual | that annual games and lamentations | | | century | | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme game=Goal | | 2 | **not** **is** | would · perfect | that annual games and lamentations | | | | | the hero *obl*; formerly, suitable *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **draw** | gerund | that annual games and lamentations *not said here* | | | | | near, slowly *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **reach** | past | last | Tir na n | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent n=Theme | | 5 | **receive** | past · passive | last *not said here* | | | the family of the gods and a religious feeling | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP» | | 6 | **mingle** | would | a different nature | a religious feeling *not said here* | | | | with the secular celebration of nature's memory | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent feeling=Patient with celebration=Co-Patient | | 7 | **assume** | would | nature's rath or cairn | | | raths's eyes a new character | | | vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **celebrate** | | | nature's memory | | | | | nom celebration «event transitive»: of=patient | 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 136](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/136/) - next →: [sentence 138](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/138/) - ↑ back to [Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/)