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title: Such were all the predecessors of the children of Dana--gods which w… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: Such were all the predecessors of the children of Dana--gods which were of old times, that rest in their tombs; and the days, too, of the Tuatha De Danan were numbered. Who acts: gods, that. A sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoro
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 28

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Such were all the predecessors of the children of Dana--gods which were of old times, that rest in their tombs; and the days, too, of the Tuatha De Danan were numbered.

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**Who acts:** gods, that · **What happens:** be, rest, number · **To what, where:** Such predecessors, tombs

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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 (gods, that), 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:pg8109:10:28
# text = Such were all the predecessors of the children of Dana--gods which were of old times, that rest in their tombs; and the days, too, of the Tuatha De Danan were numbered.
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	5	det:predet	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	predecessors	predecessor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Dana	Dana	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
14	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj	_	_
20	rest	rest	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	parataxis	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	tombs	tomb	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	27	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
29	too	too	ADV	RB	_	27	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
33	Tuatha	Tuatha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	compound	_	_
34	De	De	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	flat	_	_
35	Danan	Danan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
36	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	aux:pass	_	_
37	numbered	number	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	37	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past |  | all Such predecessors and gods |  |  |  | of the children of Dana; of the Tuatha Danan; gods *conj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | past | gods |  |  |  | of old times |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **rest** | present | that |  |  | predecessors's tombs |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tomb=Location |
| 4 | **number** | past · passive |  | all Such predecessors and gods |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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