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title: The latter is indeed the more correct view; but the reader will, I t… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: The latter is indeed the more correct view; but the reader will, I think, agree with me that the divine generations, taken generally, represent more than the average space of man's life. Who acts: latter, I, divine generations. A sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, F
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 46

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The latter is indeed the more correct view; but the reader will, I think, agree with me that the divine generations, taken generally, represent more than the average space of man's life.

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**Who acts:** latter, I, divine generations · **What happens:** be, think, agree, take, represent · **To what, where:** correct view, more · **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 (latter, I, divine generations), 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:pg8109:10:46
# text = The latter is indeed the more correct view; but the reader will, I think, agree with me that the divine generations, taken generally, represent more than the average space of man's life.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	latter	latter	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
4	indeed	indeed	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
7	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	view	view	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	reader	reader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	think	think	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	agree	agree	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	ccomp	_	_
19	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	obl	_	_
21	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	divine	divine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
24	generations	generation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
26	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	18	advcl	_	_
27	generally	generally	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
29	represent	represent	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
30	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	29	obj	_	_
31	than	than	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	average	average	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
36	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	's	's	PART	POS	_	36	case	_	_
38	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	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 | **is a** | present | the latter | the correct view |  |  |  | indeed *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present |  |  |  |  |  | with me | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with i=Co-Agent |
| 4 | **take** | participle | the divine generations |  |  |  |  | generally *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **represent** | present |  | more than the average space of man's life |  |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot more=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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