--- title: So far is it from being the case, that the mythological record has b… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: So far is it from being the case, that the mythological record has been extended and unduly stretched, to enable the monkish historians to connect the Irish pedigrees with those of the Mosaic record, that it has, I believe, been contracted for this purpose. Who acts: cycle, I. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (cycle, I), 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:pg8109:10:51 # text = So far is it from being the case, that the mythological record has been extended and unduly stretched, to enable the monkish historians to connect the Irish pedigrees with those of the Mosaic record, that it has, I believe, been contracted for this purpose. 1 So so ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 22 advmod _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 cop _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 5 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 cop _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 mythological mythological ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 record record NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 extended extend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 advcl _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 unduly unduly ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 stretched stretch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 enable enable VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 monkish monkish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 historians historian NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 connect connect VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 22 advcl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 Irish Irish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 pedigrees pedigree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 31 with with ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 30 nmod _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 Mosaic mosaic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 record record NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 39 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 40 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 43 nsubj _ _ 43 believe believe VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 contracted contract VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 ccomp _ _ 47 for for ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 48 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 49 det _ _ 49 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | cycle | | | | | far *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | gerund | | | | the case | | | tree rules | | 3 | **extend** | present · perfect · passive | | the mythological record | | | | | vn body\_motion-49.2-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **stretch** | participle | | | | | | unduly *property* | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **enable** | to-infinitive | | the monkish historians | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **connect** | to-infinitive | | the Irish pedigrees | | | | with those of the Mosaic record | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent pedigree=Patient with that=Co-Patient | | 7 | **have** | present | cycle | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **believe** | present | I | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 9 | **contract** | participle · passive | | | | | | for this purpose | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V» | 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 50](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/50/) - next →: [sentence 52](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/52/) - ↑ back to [Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/10/)