--- title: The great chiefs of the FIR-BOLGIC dynasty were the five sons of Del… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: The great chiefs of the FIR-BOLGIC dynasty were the five sons of Dela, Gann, Genann, Sengann, Rury, and Slaney, with their wives Fuad, Edain, Anust, Cnucha, and Libra; also their last and most potent king, EOCAIDH MAC ERC, son of Ragnal, son of Genann, whose tomb or temple may be seen to-day at Ball --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/) / [Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/) / 5 # Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 5 The great chiefs of the FIR-BOLGIC dynasty were the five sons of Dela, Gann, Genann, Sengann, Rury, and Slaney, with their wives Fuad, Edain, Anust, Cnucha, and Libra; also their last and most potent king, EOCAIDH MAC ERC, son of Ragnal, son of Genann, whose tomb or temple may be seen to-day at Ballysadare, Co. Sligo, on the edge of the sea. **Who acts:** great chiefs · **What happens:** be, see · **To what, where:** five sons, last king, Ballysadare 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 (great chiefs), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg8109:10:5 # text = The great chiefs of the FIR-BOLGIC dynasty were the five sons of Dela, Gann, Genann, Sengann, Rury, and Slaney, with their wives Fuad, Edain, Anust, Cnucha, and Libra; also their last and most potent king, EOCAIDH MAC ERC, son of Ragnal, son of Genann, whose tomb or temple may be seen to-day at Ballysadare, Co. Sligo, on the edge of the sea. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 chiefs chief NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 6 FIR fir NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 BOLGIC BOLGIC PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 dynasty dynasty NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 cop _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 Dela Dela PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 Gann Gann PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 Genann Genann PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 Sengann Sengann PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 Rury Rury PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 Slaney Slaney PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 wives wife NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 conj _ _ 31 Fuad Fuad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 Edain Edain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 Anust Anust PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 Cnucha Cnucha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 Libra Libra PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 48 punct _ _ 42 also also ADV RB _ 48 advmod _ _ 43 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 44 last last ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 45 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 46 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 47 advmod _ _ 47 potent potent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 conj _ _ 48 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 51 punct _ _ 50 EOCAIDH EOCAIDH PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 compound _ _ 51 MAC MAC PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ _ 52 ERC ERC PROPN NNP Number=Sing 51 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 54 punct _ _ 54 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ _ 55 of of ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 Ragnal Ragnal PROPN NNP Number=Sing 54 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 58 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 Genann Genann PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 whose whose PRON WP$ Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel 63 nmod:poss _ _ 63 tomb tomb NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ _ 64 or or CCONJ CC _ 65 cc _ _ 65 temple temple NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 conj _ _ 66 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 68 aux _ _ 67 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 68 aux:pass _ _ 68 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl:relcl _ _ 69 to to ADP IN _ 71 case _ SpaceAfter=No 70 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 69 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 71 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obl _ _ 72 at at ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 73 Ballysadare Ballysadare PROPN NNP Number=Sing 68 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 74 , , PUNCT , _ 75 punct _ _ 75 Co. Co. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 73 appos _ _ 76 Sligo Sligo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 75 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 77 , , PUNCT , _ 80 punct _ _ 78 on on ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 79 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 80 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obl _ _ 81 of of ADP IN _ 83 case _ _ 82 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 83 det _ _ 83 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 80 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 84 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | the great chiefs of the FIR BOLGIC dynasty | the five sons and chiefs's wives | | | | of Dela and Gann and Genann and Sengann and Rury and Slaney; chiefs's wives *conj* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | may · passive | | chiefs's last king EOCAIDH MAC and son of Ragnal and son of Genann and chiefs's last king EOCAIDH MAC and son of Ragnal and son of Genann and last king's tomb or temple's tomb or temple | | Ballysadare | day | on the edge of the sea | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | 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. **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. - ← previous: [sentence 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/6/) - ↑ back to [Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/)