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title: From reason and probability, we would with some certainty conclude t… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: From reason and probability, we would with some certainty conclude that the great tumulus of New Grange was the temple of some Irish god; but that it was so, we know as a fact. Who acts: we, great tumulus, certainty. A sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Firbolgs and
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 145

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From reason and probability, we would with some certainty conclude that the great tumulus of New Grange was the temple of some Irish god; but that it was so, we know as a fact.

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**Who acts:** we, great tumulus, certainty · **What happens:** conclude, be, know · **To what, where:** reason, temple

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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, great tumulus, certainty), 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:pg8109:10:145
# text = From reason and probability, we would with some certainty conclude that the great tumulus of New Grange was the temple of some Irish god; but that it was so, we know as a fact.
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	probability	probability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
7	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	certainty	certainty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
11	conclude	conclude	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	tumulus	tumulus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	New	New	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	Grange	Grange	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	ccomp	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	25	det	_	_
24	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
27	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
28	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
29	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
30	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	cop	_	_
31	so	so	ADV	RB	_	34	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
34	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
35	as	as	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conclude** | would | we |  |  | reason and probability |  | with some certainty | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from reason=Source |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the great tumulus of New Grange | the temple |  |  |  | of some Irish god | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past | certainty |  |  |  |  | so *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **know** | present | we |  |  |  |  | as a fact | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as fact=Attribute |

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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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