--- title: But as the celebration became greater and more solemn, this feeling… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: But as the celebration became greater and more solemn, this feeling would become more strong, and as the tomb, from a small heap of stones or low mound, grew into an enormous and imposing rath, the belief that this was the hero's house, in which he invisibly dwelt, could not be avoided, even before --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/141/) [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/) / 141 # Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 141 But as the celebration became greater and more solemn, this feeling would become more strong, and as the tomb, from a small heap of stones or low mound, grew into an enormous and imposing rath, the belief that this was the hero's house, in which he invisibly dwelt, could not be avoided, even before they ceased to regard him as a disembodied hero; and after the hero had mingled with the divine clans, and was numbered amongst the gods, the idea that the rath was a tomb could not logically be entertained. **Who acts:** celebration, feeling, this, heroes, rath · **What happens:** become, grow, be, dwell, not avoid, cease · **To what, where:** enormous rath, feeling, idea 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 (celebration, feeling, this, heroes), 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:pg8109:10:141 # text = But as the celebration became greater and more solemn, this feeling would become more strong, and as the tomb, from a small heap of stones or low mound, grew into an enormous and imposing rath, the belief that this was the hero's house, in which he invisibly dwelt, could not be avoided, even before they ceased to regard him as a disembodied hero; and after the hero had mingled with the divine clans, and was numbered amongst the gods, the idea that the rath was a tomb could not logically be entertained. 1 But but CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 celebration celebration NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 became become VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 9 advmod _ _ 9 solemn solemn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 feeling feeling NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 14 aux _ _ 14 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 15 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 16 advmod _ _ 16 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 19 as as ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 tomb tomb NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 heap heap NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 28 stones stone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 nmod _ _ 29 or or CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 low low ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 mound mound NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 33 grew grow VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 34 into into ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 35 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 36 enormous enormous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 38 imposing imposing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 conj _ _ 39 rath rath NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 belief belief NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 appos _ _ 43 that that SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 44 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 nsubj _ _ 45 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 47 cop _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 48 's 's PART POS _ 47 case _ _ 49 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 51 in in ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 52 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 55 obl _ _ 53 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 nsubj _ _ 54 invisibly invisibly ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 55 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 57 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 60 aux _ _ 58 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 60 advmod _ _ 59 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 60 aux:pass _ _ 60 avoided avoid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 55 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 62 even even ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 63 before before SCONJ IN _ 65 mark _ _ 64 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 65 nsubj _ _ 65 ceased cease VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 60 advcl _ _ 66 to to PART TO _ 67 mark _ _ 67 regard regard VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 65 xcomp _ _ 68 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 67 obj _ _ 69 as as ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 70 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 71 disembodied disembodied ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 amod _ _ 72 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 67 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 ; ; PUNCT , _ 79 punct _ _ 74 and and CCONJ CC _ 79 cc _ _ 75 after after ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 76 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 77 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 obl _ _ 78 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 79 aux _ _ 79 mingled mingle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 conj _ _ 80 with with ADP IN _ 83 case _ _ 81 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 83 det _ _ 82 divine divine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 83 amod _ _ 83 clans clan NOUN NNS Number=Plur 79 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 84 , , PUNCT , _ 87 punct _ _ 85 and and CCONJ CC _ 87 cc _ _ 86 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 87 aux:pass _ _ 87 numbered number VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 79 conj _ _ 88 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 90 case _ _ 89 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 90 det _ _ 90 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 87 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 91 , , PUNCT , _ 93 punct _ _ 92 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 93 det _ _ 93 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 90 appos _ _ 94 that that SCONJ IN _ 104 mark _ _ 95 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 96 det _ _ 96 rath rath NOUN NN Number=Sing 104 nsubj _ _ 97 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 104 cop _ _ 98 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 99 det _ _ 99 tomb tomb NOUN NN Number=Sing 104 nsubj _ _ 100 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 104 aux _ _ 101 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 104 advmod _ _ 102 logically logically ADV RB _ 104 advmod _ _ 103 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 104 cop _ _ 104 entertained entertained ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 93 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 105 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **become** | past | the celebration | | | | | great *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **become** | would | this feeling | | | | | strong *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **grow** | past | the celebration *not said here* | | | | | into a enormous rath *result*; as the tomb and a small heap of stones or low mound | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into rath=Result | | 4 | **is** | past | this | | | | | 's the hero | tree rules | | 5 | **dwell** | past | feeling | | | | | which *obl*; invisibly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in which=Location | | 6 | **not** **avoid** | could · passive | | | | | | | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING» | | 7 | **cease** | past | heroes *= hero* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 8 | **regard** | to-infinitive | heroes *= hero* *not said here* | feeling | | | | as a disembodied hero | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent he=Theme as hero=Value | | 9 | **mingle** | past · perfect | the celebration *not said here* | | | | after the hero | with the divine clans | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V PP.co-patient»: agent=Patient with clan=Co-Patient | | 10 | **number** | past · passive | the celebration *not said here* | | | | | amongst the gods | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP» | | 11 | **not** **is** | could · past | the rath | the idea *not said here* | | | | a tomb *nsubj*; entertained, logically *property* | tree rules | 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 140](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/140/) - next →: [sentence 142](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/142/) - ↑ back to [Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/)