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title: That the tomb which held his ashes should be looked upon as the hous… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: That the tomb which held his ashes should be looked upon as the house of the hero must have been, even shortly after his interment, a prevailing sentiment, whether expressed or not. Who acts: tomb. A sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 139

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That the tomb which held his ashes should be looked upon as the house of the hero must have been, even shortly after his interment, a prevailing sentiment, whether expressed or not.

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**Who acts:** tomb · **What happens:** hold, look, be, prevail, express · **To what, where:** ashes, 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 (tomb), 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:pg8109:10:139
# text = That the tomb which held his ashes should be looked upon as the house of the hero must have been, even shortly after his interment, a prevailing sentiment, whether expressed or not.
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tomb	tomb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	held	hold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	ashes	ash	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	looked	look	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
11	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
19	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	aux	_	_
20	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	26	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
22	even	even	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	shortly	shortly	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
24	after	after	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	interment	interment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
28	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	prevailing	prevail	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	30	amod	_	_
30	sentiment	sentiment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	33	mark	_	_
33	expressed	express	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	conj	_	_
34	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
35	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	33	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | past | that tomb | tomb's ashes |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ash=Theme |
| 2 | **look** | should · passive |  | that tomb |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute |
| 3 | **is** | must · perfect |  |  |  |  | after tomb's interment and a prevailing sentiment | upon the house of the hero; tomb *nmod:poss*; a prevailing sentiment *conj*; shortly *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **prevail** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **express** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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