--- title: From the FIRBOLGS were descended, or claimed to have descended, the… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: From the FIRBOLGS were descended, or claimed to have descended, the Connaught warriors who fought with Queen Meave against Cuculain, also the Clan Humor, appearing in the Second Volume, also the heroes of Ossian, the Fianna Eireen. Who acts: Connaught warriors. 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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 (Connaught warriors), 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:pg8109:10:3 # text = From the FIRBOLGS were descended, or claimed to have descended, the Connaught warriors who fought with Queen Meave against Cuculain, also the Clan Humor, appearing in the Second Volume, also the heroes of Ossian, the Fianna Eireen. 1 From from ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 FIRBOLGS FIRBOLGS PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 descended descend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 claimed claim VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 10 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux _ _ 11 descended descend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 8 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 Connaught Connaught PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 16 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 17 nsubj _ _ 17 fought fight VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl:relcl _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Queen Queen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ _ 20 Meave Meave PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 flat _ _ 21 against against ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 Cuculain Cuculain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 24 also also ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 Clan Clan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 27 Humor Humor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 26 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 29 appearing appear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 Second second ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 33 amod _ _ 33 Volume volume NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 35 also also ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 heroes hero NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 conj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 Ossian Ossian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 Fianna Fianna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 Eireen Eireen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **descend** | past · passive | | the Connaught warriors | | the FIRBOLGS | | the Clan *obl* | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: from firbolgs=Location | | 2 | **claim** *speech: other* | participle | | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **descend** | to-infinitive · perfect | | | | | | | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **fight** | past | the Connaught warriors | | | | | with Queen; against Cuculain | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with queen=Co-Agent | | 5 | **appear** | gerund | | | | the Second Volume and the heroes of Ossian and the Fianna Eireen | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in volume=Location | 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 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/2/) - next →: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/4/) - ↑ back to [Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/)