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title: If this be so, the Olympian Zeus himself was once some rude chieftai… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: If this be so, the Olympian Zeus himself was once some rude chieftain dwelling in Thrace or Macedonia, and his sublime temple of Doric architecture traceable to some insignificant cairn or flagged cist in Greece, or some earlier home of the Hellenic race, and his name not Zeus, but another; and Kron
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 188

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If this be so, the Olympian Zeus himself was once some rude chieftain dwelling in Thrace or Macedonia, and his sublime temple of Doric architecture traceable to some insignificant cairn or flagged cist in Greece, or some earlier home of the Hellenic race, and his name not Zeus, but another; and Kronos, that god whom he, as a living wight, adored, and under whose protection and favour he prospered.

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**Who acts:** this, Olympian Zeus, rude chieftain, sublime temple, Kronos, Zeus · **What happens:** be, dwell, flag, god, adore, prosper · **To what, where:** rude chieftain, Thrace, living wight, protection

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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 (this, Olympian Zeus, rude chieftain, sublime temple), 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:pg8109:10:188
# text = If this be so, the Olympian Zeus himself was once some rude chieftain dwelling in Thrace or Macedonia, and his sublime temple of Doric architecture traceable to some insignificant cairn or flagged cist in Greece, or some earlier home of the Hellenic race, and his name not Zeus, but another; and Kronos, that god whom he, as a living wight, adored, and under whose protection and favour he prospered.
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Olympian	olympian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
9	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	8	nmod	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
11	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	14	advmod	_	_
12	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	14	det	_	_
13	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	chieftain	chieftain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
15	dwelling	dwell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	acl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Thrace	Thrace	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	Macedonia	Macedonia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
22	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
23	sublime	sublime	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	temple	temple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	Doric	doric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	architecture	architecture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
28	traceable	traceable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	_
29	to	to	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	32	det	_	_
31	insignificant	insignificant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	cairn	cairn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
33	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
34	flagged	flag	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	35	amod	_	_
35	cist	cist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	conj	_	_
36	in	in	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	Greece	Greece	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
39	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
40	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	42	det	_	_
41	earlier	early	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	42	amod	_	_
42	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	appos	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
45	Hellenic	Hellenic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	compound	_	_
46	race	race	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
49	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	50	nmod:poss	_	_
50	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
51	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	52	advmod	_	_
52	Zeus	Zeus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
54	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
55	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	61	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
57	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	61	cc	_	_
58	Kronos	Kronos	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
60	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	61	det	_	_
61	god	god	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
62	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	61	nmod	_	_
63	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	68	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
65	as	as	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
66	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	68	det	_	_
67	living	living	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	68	amod	_	_
68	wight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	70	punct	_	_
70	adored	adore	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	68	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	79	punct	_	_
72	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	79	cc	_	_
73	under	under	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
74	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	75	nmod:poss	_	_
75	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	79	obl	_	_
76	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	77	cc	_	_
77	favour	favour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	75	conj	_	_
78	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	79	nsubj	_	_
79	prospered	prosper	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	70	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
80	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | infinitive | this |  |  |  |  | so *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the Olympian Zeus  Zeus | some rude chieftain and Zeus's name |  |  |  | Zeus's name *conj*; once *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **dwell** | gerund | some rude chieftain and Zeus's name *not said here* |  |  | Thrace or Macedonia |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in thrace=Location |
| 4 | **be** |  | Zeus's sublime temple of Doric architecture |  |  |  |  | to some insignificant cairn or flagged cist in Greece | tree rules |
| 5 | **flag** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **god** |  | Kronos |  |  |  |  | whom *nmod* | tree rules |
| 7 | **adore** | participle |  | a living wight  Kronos *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 8 | **prosper** | past | Kronos |  |  | protection and favour |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under protection=Location |
| 9 | **name** |  | Zeus |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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