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title: Not only, however, was such fabrication completely foreign to the ge… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: Not only, however, was such fabrication completely foreign to the genius of the literature, but in the fragments of those early divine cycles, we see that each of these personages was at one time the centre of a literature, and holds a definite place as regards those who went before and came after. 
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 40

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Not only, however, was such fabrication completely foreign to the genius of the literature, but in the fragments of those early divine cycles, we see that each of these personages was at one time the centre of a literature, and holds a definite place as regards those who went before and came after.

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**Who acts:** we, each · **What happens:** not be, see, be, hold, go, come · **To what, where:** such fabrication, fragments, definite place

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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 (we, each), 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:pg8109:10:40
# text = Not only, however, was such fabrication completely foreign to the genius of the literature, but in the fragments of those early divine cycles, we see that each of these personages was at one time the centre of a literature, and holds a definite place as regards those who went before and came after.
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	however	however	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	fabrication	fabrication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	foreign	foreign	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	genius	genius	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	literature	literature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
18	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	fragments	fragment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obl	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
23	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	26	det	_	_
24	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
25	divine	divine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	cycles	cycle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
28	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
29	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
30	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	38	mark	_	_
31	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	38	nsubj	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	34	det	_	_
34	personages	personage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	nmod	_	_
35	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	cop	_	_
36	at	at	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	38	nummod	_	_
38	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	advcl	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	centre	centre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	literature	literature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
46	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	conj	_	_
47	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
48	definite	definite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obj	_	_
50	as	as	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	regards	regards	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	49	nmod	_	_
52	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	51	nmod	_	_
53	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	54	nsubj	_	_
54	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	52	acl:relcl	_	_
55	before	before	ADV	RB	_	54	advmod	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
57	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	54	conj	_	_
58	after	after	ADV	RB	_	57	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | past |  | such fabrication |  |  |  | however *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | present | we |  |  | the fragments of that early divine cycles |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **is** | past | each of this personages |  |  |  | at one time | the centre of a literature *nmod* | tree rules |
| 4 | **hold** | present | we *not said here* | a definite place |  |  |  | as regards  those | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme |
| 5 | **go** | past |  |  |  |  |  | who *nsubj*; before *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **come** | past |  |  |  |  |  | after *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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