--- title: Had the advent of exact genealogy been delayed, and the creative ima… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: Had the advent of exact genealogy been delayed, and the creative imagination of the bards suffered to work on for a couple of centuries longer, unchecked by the historical conscience, Cuculain's human origin would, perhaps, have been forgotten, and he would have been numbered amongst the Tuatha De D --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/35/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/) / [Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/) / 35 # Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 35 Had the advent of exact genealogy been delayed, and the creative imagination of the bards suffered to work on for a couple of centuries longer, unchecked by the historical conscience, Cuculain's human origin would, perhaps, have been forgotten, and he would have been numbered amongst the Tuatha De Danan, probably, as the son of Lu Lamfada and the Moreega, his patron deities. **Who acts:** creative imagination · **What happens:** have, suffer, work on, uncheck, forget, number · **To what, where:** advent, origin, bards 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 (creative imagination), 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:pg8109:10:35 # text = Had the advent of exact genealogy been delayed, and the creative imagination of the bards suffered to work on for a couple of centuries longer, unchecked by the historical conscience, Cuculain's human origin would, perhaps, have been forgotten, and he would have been numbered amongst the Tuatha De Danan, probably, as the son of Lu Lamfada and the Moreega, his patron deities. 1 Had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 advent advent NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 exact exact ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 genealogy genealogy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 6 acl _ _ 8 delayed delayed ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 creative creative ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 imagination imagination NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 bards bard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 17 suffered suffer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 on on ADP RP _ 19 compound:prt _ _ 21 for for ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 couple couple NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 centuries century NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nmod _ _ 26 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 19 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 unchecked uncheck VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 conj _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 31 historical historical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 conscience conscience NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 Cuculain Cuculain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 35 's 's PART POS _ 34 case _ _ 36 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 origin origin NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nsubj _ _ 38 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 40 perhaps perhaps ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 42 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 43 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 forgotten forget VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 47 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 51 nsubj:pass _ _ 48 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 51 aux _ _ 49 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 51 aux _ _ 50 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 51 aux:pass _ _ 51 numbered number VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 conj _ _ 52 amongst amongst ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 54 Tuatha Tuatha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 56 compound _ _ 55 De De PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 flat _ _ 56 Danan Danan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 58 probably probably ADV RB _ 51 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 60 as as ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 51 obl _ _ 63 of of ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 64 Lu Lu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 62 nmod _ _ 65 Lamfada Lamfada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 flat _ _ 66 and and CCONJ CC _ 68 cc _ _ 67 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 68 det _ _ 68 Moreega Moreega PROPN NNP Number=Sing 64 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 70 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 72 nmod:poss _ _ 71 patron patron NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 compound _ _ 72 deities deity NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 73 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | past | | the advent of exact genealogy | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advent=Patient | | 2 | **suffer** | past | the creative imagination of the bards | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **work on** | to-infinitive | the creative imagination of the bards *not said here* | | | | | for a couple of centuries; long *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for couple=Beneficiary | | 4 | **uncheck** | participle | the creative imagination of the bards *not said here* | | | | | by the historical conscience | tree rules | | 5 | **forget** | present · perfect · passive | the creative imagination of the bards *not said here* | | | | | perhaps *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **number** | would · perfect · passive | | origin | | | | amongst the Tuatha Danan; as the son of Lu and the Moreega and origin's patron deities *goal*; probably *property* | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme as son=Goal | | 7 | **imagine** | | | the bards | | | | | nom imagination «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/36/) - ↑ back to [Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/)