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title: In the generations of the gods we seem to see prehistoric racial div… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: In the generations of the gods we seem to see prehistoric racial divisions and large branches of the Aryan family, an error which results from a neglect of the bardic literature, and a consequently misdirected study of the annals. Who acts: we. A sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by St
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 14

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In the generations of the gods we seem to see prehistoric racial divisions and large branches of the Aryan family, an error which results from a neglect of the bardic literature, and a consequently misdirected study of the annals.

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**Who acts:** we · **What happens:** seem, see, misdirect, neglect, study · **To what, where:** misdirected study, generations, prehistoric racial divisions, bardic literature, annals

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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 (we), 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:pg8109:10:14
# text = In the generations of the gods we seem to see prehistoric racial divisions and large branches of the Aryan family, an error which results from a neglect of the bardic literature, and a consequently misdirected study of the annals.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	generations	generation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	seem	seem	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	prehistoric	prehistoric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	racial	racial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	divisions	division	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	branches	branch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	Aryan	Aryan	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	20	compound	_	_
20	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
24	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	25	det	_	_
25	results	result	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	appos	_	_
26	from	from	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	neglect	neglect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	bardic	bardic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	literature	literature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
35	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
36	consequently	consequently	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	_
37	misdirected	misdirect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	38	amod	_	_
38	study	study	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	annals	annal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **seem** | present | we | a misdirected study of the annals |  |  | in the generations of the gods |  | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | prehistoric racial divisions and large branches of the Aryan family and a error |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer division=Stimulus |
| 3 | **misdirect** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | consequently *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **neglect** |  |  | the bardic literature |  |  |  |  | nom neglect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 5 | **study** |  |  | the annals |  |  |  |  | nom study «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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