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title: Such then being the position in the divine cycle of the Fir-bolgs, a… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: Such then being the position in the divine cycle of the Fir-bolgs, an examination of the Firbolgic raths on Moy Tura has revealed only implements of stone, proving demonstratively that the early divine cycles originated before the bronze age in Ireland, whenever that commenced. Who acts: Firbolgic r
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 49

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Such then being the position in the divine cycle of the Fir-bolgs, an examination of the Firbolgic raths on Moy Tura has revealed only implements of stone, proving demonstratively that the early divine cycles originated before the bronze age in Ireland, whenever that commenced.

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**Who acts:** Firbolgic raths · **What happens:** be, reveal, prove, originate, commence, examine · **To what, where:** Such position, divine cycle, implements, Moy Tura, early divine cycles, Firbolgic raths

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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 (Firbolgic raths), 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:pg8109:10:49
# text = Such then being the position in the divine cycle of the Fir-bolgs, an examination of the Firbolgic raths on Moy Tura has revealed only implements of stone, proving demonstratively that the early divine cycles originated before the bronze age in Ireland, whenever that commenced.
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
2	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
3	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	divine	divine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	cycle	cycle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	Fir	fir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	bolgs	bolg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	examination	examination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	Firbolgic	firbolgic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	raths	rath	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	_
22	on	on	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	Moy	Moy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
24	Tura	Tura	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
25	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
26	revealed	reveal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	21	acl:relcl	_	_
27	only	only	ADV	RB	_	28	advmod	_	_
28	implements	implement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obj	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
32	proving	prove	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	advcl	_	_
33	demonstratively	demonstratively	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
34	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	49	mark	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
36	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
37	divine	divine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	compound	_	_
38	cycles	cycle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	nsubj:pass	_	_
39	originated	originate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	38	acl	_	_
40	before	before	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
42	bronze	bronze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	compound	_	_
43	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
44	in	in	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	_
47	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	49	advmod	_	_
48	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	49	nsubj:pass	_	_
49	commenced	commence	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	32	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | gerund |  | the Such position and a examination of the Firbolgic raths |  | the divine cycle of the Fir bolgs | then | a examination of the Firbolgic raths *conj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **reveal** | present · perfect | the Firbolgic raths *not said here* | implements of stone |  | Moy Tura |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent implement=Topic |
| 3 | **prove** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | demonstratively *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **originate** | participle |  | the early divine cycles *not said here* |  |  | before the bronze age in Ireland |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **commence** | participle · passive |  | the early divine cycles |  |  |  | that *nsubj:pass*; whenever *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 6 | **examine** |  |  | the Firbolgic raths |  |  |  |  | nom examination «act 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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