--- title: It was, indeed, a favourite fancy of the bards that not Sualtam, but… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: It was, indeed, a favourite fancy of the bards that not Sualtam, but Lu Lamfada himself, was his father; this, however, in a spiritual or supernatural sense, for his age was far removed from that of the Tuatha De Danan, and falling well within the scope of the historic period. 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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 (imagination, Lu, spiritual sense), 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:pg8109:10:36 # text = It was, indeed, a favourite fancy of the bards that not Sualtam, but Lu Lamfada himself, was his father; this, however, in a spiritual or supernatural sense, for his age was far removed from that of the Tuatha De Danan, and falling well within the scope of the historic period. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 favourite favourite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 fancy fancy NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 ccomp _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 bards bard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 14 nsubj _ _ 13 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 14 advmod _ _ 14 Sualtam Sualtam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 16 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 17 Lu Lu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nsubj _ _ 18 Lamfada Lamfada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 flat _ _ 19 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 17 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 cop _ _ 22 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 23 nmod:poss _ _ 23 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 14 punct _ _ 25 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 however however ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 31 spiritual spiritual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 32 or or CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 supernatural supernatural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 conj _ _ 34 sense sense NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 36 for for SCONJ IN _ 41 mark _ _ 37 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 40 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 41 advmod _ _ 41 removed remove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl:relcl _ _ 42 from from ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 41 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 46 Tuatha Tuatha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 47 De De PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 flat _ _ 48 Danan Danan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 51 falling fall VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 55 csubj _ _ 52 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 51 advmod _ _ 53 within within ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 scope scope NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 appos _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 58 historic historic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 59 amod _ _ 59 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 60 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | past | imagination | | | | | a favourite fancy of the bards Sualtam that *ccomp* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is a** | past | Lu Lu | Lu's father | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **remove** | past · passive | a spiritual sense *not said here* | Lu's age | | a spiritual sense | | far *property* | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from that=Source | | 4 | **fall** | gerund | | | | | | well *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **fancy** | | | the bards Sualtam that | | | | | nom fancy «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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/37/) - ↑ back to [Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/)