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title: The former probably represents the period which would elapse before… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: The former probably represents the period which would elapse before a hero would become so divine, that is, so consecrated in the imagination of the country, as to be received into the family of the gods. Who acts: former, period, hero. A sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 44

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The former probably represents the period which would elapse before a hero would become so divine, that is, so consecrated in the imagination of the country, as to be received into the family of the gods.

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**Who acts:** former, period, hero · **What happens:** represent, elapse, become, consecrate, receive, imagine · **To what, where:** period, that, imagination, family, country

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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 (former, period, hero), 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:pg8109:10:44
# text = The former probably represents the period which would elapse before a hero would become so divine, that is, so consecrated in the imagination of the country, as to be received into the family of the gods.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	_
3	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	represents	represent	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
8	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	elapse	elapse	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl:relcl	_	_
10	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	divine	divine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
18	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	22	nsubj:pass	_	_
19	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
21	so	so	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	consecrated	consecrate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	imagination	imagination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
30	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	33	mark	_	_
31	to	to	PART	TO	_	33	mark	_	_
32	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	aux:pass	_	_
33	received	receive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	conj	_	_
34	into	into	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **represent** | present | the former | the period |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot period=Theme |
| 2 | **elapse** | would | the period |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **become** | would | a hero |  |  |  |  | divine *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **consecrate** | present · passive |  | that |  | the imagination of the country |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 5 | **receive** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  | the family of the gods |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP» |
| 6 | **imagine** |  |  | the country |  |  |  |  | nom imagination «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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