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title: The ancient heroes there interred were those who, as Fir-bolgs, prec… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: The ancient heroes there interred were those who, as Fir-bolgs, preceded the reign of the Tuath De Danan, coming long after the Clanna Nemedh in the divine cycle, who were themselves preceded by the children of Partholan, who were subsequent to the Queen Keasair. Who acts: ancient heroes, children, 
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 48

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The ancient heroes there interred were those who, as Fir-bolgs, preceded the reign of the Tuath De Danan, coming long after the Clanna Nemedh in the divine cycle, who were themselves preceded by the children of Partholan, who were subsequent to the Queen Keasair.

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**Who acts:** ancient heroes, children, Partholan · **What happens:** inter, be, proceed, come, precede · **To what, where:** ancient heroes, those, reign, divine cycle

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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 (ancient heroes, children, Partholan), 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:pg8109:10:48
# text = The ancient heroes there interred were those who, as Fir-bolgs, preceded the reign of the Tuath De Danan, coming long after the Clanna Nemedh in the divine cycle, who were themselves preceded by the children of Partholan, who were subsequent to the Queen Keasair.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	heroes	hero	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
5	interred	inter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	Fir	fir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	bolgs	bolg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
15	preceded	proceed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	reign	reign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
20	Tuath	Tuath	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
21	De	De	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	flat	_	_
22	Danan	Danan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	advcl	_	_
25	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	24	advmod	_	_
26	after	after	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	Clanna	Clanna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	compound	_	_
29	Nemedh	Nemedh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
30	in	in	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	divine	divine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	compound	_	_
33	cycle	cycle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
35	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	38	nsubj:pass	_	_
36	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	aux:pass	_	_
37	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	36	obj	_	_
38	preceded	precede	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	33	acl:relcl	_	_
39	by	by	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	obl	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	Partholan	Partholan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
45	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	47	nsubj	_	_
46	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	cop	_	_
47	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
48	to	to	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
50	Queen	Queen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	51	nmod:desc	_	_
51	Keasair	Keasair	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inter** | participle |  | the ancient heroes *not said here* |  | there |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the ancient heroes | those |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **proceed** | past |  | the reign of the Tuath Danan |  |  |  | who *nsubj*; Fir bolgs *nsubj* | tree rules |
| 4 | **come** | gerund |  |  |  | the divine cycle | after the Clanna Nemedh | long *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cycle=Location |
| 5 | **precede** | past · passive | the children of Partholan | the divine cycle |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme |
| 6 | **is** | past | Partholan |  |  |  |  | to the Keasair  Queen; subsequent *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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