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title: Thus we are gravely informed [Note: Annals of Four Masters.] that "t… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: Thus we are gravely informed [Note: Annals of Four Masters.] that "the Dagda Mor, after the second battle of Moy Tura, retired to the Brugh on the Boyne, where he died from the venom of the wounds inflicted on him by Kethlenn"--the Fomorian amazon--"and was there interred." Who acts: Note. A sentenc
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 163

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Thus we are gravely informed \[Note: Annals of Four Masters.\] that "the Dagda Mor, after the second battle of Moy Tura, retired to the Brugh on the Boyne, where he died from the venom of the wounds inflicted on him by Kethlenn"--the Fomorian amazon--"and was there interred."

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**Who acts:** Note · **What happens:** inform, retire, die, inflict, be, inter · **To what, where:** we, second battle, venom, wounds, Moy · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Note), 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:pg8109:10:163
# text = Thus we are gravely informed [Note: Annals of Four Masters.] that "the Dagda Mor, after the second battle of Moy Tura, retired to the Brugh on the Boyne, where he died from the venom of the wounds inflicted on him by Kethlenn"--the Fomorian amazon--"and was there interred."
1	Thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	gravely	gravely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	informed	inform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
9	Annals	annal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	appos	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	Four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	Masters	Master	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	_
15	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	19	nsubj	_	_
16	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	Dagda	Dagda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	Mor	Mor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
21	after	after	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	24	amod	_	_
24	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	appos	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	Moy	Moy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
27	Tura	Tura	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
29	retired	retire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	acl	_	_
30	to	to	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	Brugh	Brugh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	obl:agent	_	_
33	on	on	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	Boyne	Boyne	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
37	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	39	advmod	_	_
38	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
39	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	acl:relcl	_	_
40	from	from	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	venom	venom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	wounds	wound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	nmod	_	_
46	inflicted	inflict	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	45	acl	_	_
47	on	on	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	46	obl	_	_
49	by	by	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	Kethlenn	Kethlenn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	50	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
54	Fomorian	fomorian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	amazon	amazon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	55	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
59	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	60	cop	_	_
60	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	61	parataxis	_	_
61	interred	inter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	39	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | present · passive |  | we |  |  |  | Note *obj*; the Dagda Mor  that *ccomp*; gravely, thus *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **retire** *in a quote* | participle |  | the second battle of Moy *not said here* |  |  |  | the Brugh on the Boyne *obl:agent* | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **die** *in a quote* | past | Note |  |  | the venom of the wounds |  |  | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient from venom=Causer |
| 4 | **inflict** *in a quote* | participle |  | the wounds *not said here* |  |  |  | on Note; by Kethlenn | tree rules |
| 5 | **is** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **inter** *in a quote* | participle | Note *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **battle** *in a quote* |  |  | Moy |  |  |  |  | nom battle «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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