--- title: Thus, when the elder gods lost their spiritual sovereignty, and thei… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: Thus, when the elder gods lost their spiritual sovereignty, and their destruction at the hands of the younger took the form of great battles, then as the god was forced to become a giant, so his temple was remembered to be a tomb. Who acts: elder gods, younger, god, gods. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (elder gods, younger, god, gods), 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:pg8109:10:159 # text = Thus, when the elder gods lost their spiritual sovereignty, and their destruction at the hands of the younger took the form of great battles, then as the god was forced to become a giant, so his temple was remembered to be a tomb. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 when when SCONJ WRB _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 elder elder ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 7 lost lose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 spiritual spiritual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 sovereignty sovereignty NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 destruction destruction NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 18 of of SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 younger young ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 21 nsubj _ _ 21 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obj _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 battles battle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 28 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 33 advmod _ _ 29 as as SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 god god NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 forced force VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 parataxis _ _ 34 to to PART TO _ 35 mark _ _ 35 become become VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 33 xcomp _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 giant giant ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 39 so so ADV RB _ 43 advmod _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 temple temple NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nsubj _ _ 42 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 43 aux:pass _ _ 43 remembered remember VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 conj _ _ 44 to to PART TO _ 47 mark _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 cop _ _ 46 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 tomb tomb NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | past | the elder gods | gods's spiritual sovereignty | | | | gods's destruction at the hands *obl*; thus *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sovereignty=Eventuality | | 2 | **take** | past | younger | the form of great battles | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent form=Theme | | 3 | **force** | past · passive | | the god | | | then | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | | 4 | **become** | to-infinitive | the god *not said here* | | | | | giant *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **remember** | past · passive | | Brugh's temple | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: subject=Theme | | 6 | **is a** | to-infinitive | | a tomb | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **destroy** | | gods *= god* | | | the hands | | | nom destruction «act transitive»: poss=agent at=place | | 8 | **form** | | | great battles | | | | | nom form «communication 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 158](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/158/) - next →: [sentence 160](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/160/) - ↑ back to [Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/)