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title: These pedigrees, as I said before, have no historical meaning, being… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: These pedigrees, as I said before, have no historical meaning, being pre-Milesian, and therefore absolutely prehistoric; but as the genealogy of the gods, and as representing the successive generations of that invisible family, whose history not one or ten bards, but the whole bardic and druidic org
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 41

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These pedigrees, as I said before, have no historical meaning, being pre-Milesian, and therefore absolutely prehistoric; but as the genealogy of the gods, and as representing the successive generations of that invisible family, whose history not one or ten bards, but the whole bardic and druidic organisation of the island, delighted to record, collate, and verify--those pedigrees are as reliable as that of any of the regal clans.

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**Who acts:** I, pedigrees, genealogy · **What happens:** say, have, be, represent, record, collate · **To what, where:** pedigrees, historical meaning, successive generations · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (I, pedigrees, genealogy), 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:pg8109:10:41
# text = These pedigrees, as I said before, have no historical meaning, being pre-Milesian, and therefore absolutely prehistoric; but as the genealogy of the gods, and as representing the successive generations of that invisible family, whose history not one or ten bards, but the whole bardic and druidic organisation of the island, delighted to record, collate, and verify--those pedigrees are as reliable as that of any of the regal clans.
1	These	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	pedigrees	pedigree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	before	before	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
9	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	12	det	_	_
11	historical	historical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	cop	_	_
15	pre-Milesian	pre-milesian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
19	absolutely	absolutely	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	prehistoric	prehistoric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
23	as	as	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	genealogy	genealogy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	parataxis	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
31	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	32	mark	_	_
32	representing	represent	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	25	acl	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
34	successive	successive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	generations	generation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obj	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	39	det	_	_
38	invisible	invisible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	amod	_	_
39	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
41	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	42	nmod:poss	_	_
42	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	conj	_	_
43	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	44	advmod	_	_
44	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	47	nummod	_	_
45	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
46	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	44	conj	_	_
47	bards	bard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
49	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	_	_
51	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
52	bardic	bardic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
54	druidic	druidic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	conj	_	_
55	organisation	organisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
56	of	of	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
58	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	60	punct	_	_
60	delighted	delighted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	_
61	to	to	PART	TO	_	62	mark	_	_
62	record	record	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	60	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	_
64	collate	collate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	62	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	67	punct	_	_
66	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	67	cc	_	_
67	verify	verify	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	64	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	73	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	70	det	_	_
70	pedigrees	pedigree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	73	nsubj	_	_
71	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	73	cop	_	_
72	as	as	ADV	RB	_	73	advmod	_	_
73	reliable	reliable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	67	conj	_	_
74	as	as	ADP	IN	_	75	case	_	_
75	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	73	obl	_	_
76	of	of	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
77	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	73	obl	_	_
78	of	of	ADP	IN	_	81	case	_	_
79	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	81	det	_	_
80	regal	regal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	81	amod	_	_
81	clans	clan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	77	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
82	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | I | this pedigrees *not said here* |  |  |  | before *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent pedigree=Topic |
| 2 | **have** | present | this pedigrees | no historical meaning |  |  |  | the genealogy of the gods *parataxis* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Patient |
| 3 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | pre-milesian *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  | absolutely, therefore *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **represent** | gerund | the genealogy of the gods *not said here* | the successive generations of that invisible family and that invisible family and history  one bards's history  one bards |  |  |  | the whole bardic organisation of the island *obl* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot generation=Theme |
| 6 | **record** | to-infinitive | the genealogy of the gods *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **collate** | infinitive | the genealogy of the gods *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 8 | **verify** | infinitive | the genealogy of the gods *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **is** | present | that pedigrees |  |  |  |  | as that; of any of the regal clans; reliable *property* | tree rules |

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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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