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title: The same sentiment which caused the mediaeval Christians to disinter… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: The same sentiment which caused the mediaeval Christians to disinter and enshrine the bones of their saints, and subsequently to re-enshrine them with greater art and more precious materials, caused the ethnic worshippers of heroes to erect nobler tombs over the inurned relics of those whom they rev
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 177

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The same sentiment which caused the mediaeval Christians to disinter and enshrine the bones of their saints, and subsequently to re-enshrine them with greater art and more precious materials, caused the ethnic worshippers of heroes to erect nobler tombs over the inurned relics of those whom they revered, as the meanness of the tomb was seen to misrepresent and humiliate the sublimity of the conception.

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**Who acts:** same sentiment, Christians, ethnic worshippers, heroes, meanness · **What happens:** cause, disinter, enshrine, re-enshrine, erect, inurn · **To what, where:** Christians, bones, ethnic worshippers, nobler tombs, inurned relics, meanness

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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 (same sentiment, Christians, ethnic worshippers, heroes), 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:pg8109:10:177
# text = The same sentiment which caused the mediaeval Christians to disinter and enshrine the bones of their saints, and subsequently to re-enshrine them with greater art and more precious materials, caused the ethnic worshippers of heroes to erect nobler tombs over the inurned relics of those whom they revered, as the meanness of the tomb was seen to misrepresent and humiliate the sublimity of the conception.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sentiment	sentiment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mediaeval	mediaeval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	disinter	disinter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	enshrine	enshrine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	saints	saint	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
20	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
21	to	to	PART	TO	_	22	mark	_	_
22	re-enshrine	re-enshrine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
23	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	_
24	with	with	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	26	amod	_	_
26	art	art	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
28	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	29	advmod	_	_
29	precious	precious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	materials	material	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
32	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
34	ethnic	ethnic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	worshippers	worshipper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obj	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	heroes	hero	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nmod	_	_
38	to	to	PART	TO	_	39	mark	_	_
39	erect	erect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	xcomp	_	_
40	nobler	noble	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	41	amod	_	_
41	tombs	tomb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	obj	_	_
42	over	over	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
44	inurned	inurn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	45	amod	_	_
45	relics	relic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	obl	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	45	nmod	_	_
48	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	50	obj	_	_
49	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
50	revered	revere	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
52	as	as	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	meanness	meanness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	nsubj	_	_
55	of	of	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	tomb	tomb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	nmod	_	_
58	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	59	aux:pass	_	_
59	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	32	parataxis	_	_
60	to	to	PART	TO	_	61	mark	_	_
61	misrepresent	misrepresent	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	59	xcomp	_	_
62	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
63	humiliate	humiliate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	61	conj	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
65	sublimity	sublimity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	obj	_	_
66	of	of	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
67	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
68	conception	conception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	32	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | past | the same sentiment | Christians  the mediaeval |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **disinter** | to-infinitive | Christians  the mediaeval *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **enshrine** | infinitive | Christians  the mediaeval *not said here* | the bones of bones's saints |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **re-enshrine** | to-infinitive | the same sentiment *not said here* | Christians *= christian* |  |  |  | with greater art and precious materials; subsequently *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **cause** | past | the same sentiment | the ethnic worshippers of heroes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **erect** | to-infinitive | the ethnic worshippers of heroes *not said here* | nobler tombs |  | the inurned relics of those |  |  | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tomb=Product |
| 7 | **inurn** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 8 | **revere** | past | heroes *= hero* |  |  |  |  | whom *obj* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus |
| 9 | **see** | past · passive |  | the meanness of the tomb |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 10 | **misrepresent** | to-infinitive | the meanness of the tomb *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 11 | **humiliate** | infinitive | the meanness of the tomb *not said here* | the sublimity of the conception |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sublimity=Experiencer |

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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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