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title: The last of the mythological cycles is that of the Tuatha De Danan,… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: The last of the mythological cycles is that of the Tuatha De Danan, whose character, attributes, and history will, I hope, be rendered interesting and intelligible in my account of Cuculain and the Red Branch of Ulster. Who acts: that, I, my. A sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Stan
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Firbolgs and Third Cycle of the Fomoroh., sentence 8

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The last of the mythological cycles is that of the Tuatha De Danan, whose character, attributes, and history will, I hope, be rendered interesting and intelligible in my account of Cuculain and the Red Branch of Ulster.

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**Who acts:** that, I, my · **What happens:** be, attribute, hope, render, account · **To what, where:** account, Cuculain · **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 (that, I, my), 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:pg8109:10:8
# text = The last of the mythological cycles is that of the Tuatha De Danan, whose character, attributes, and history will, I hope, be rendered interesting and intelligible in my account of Cuculain and the Red Branch of Ulster.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	mythological	mythological	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cycles	cycle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	Tuatha	Tuatha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
12	De	De	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	flat	_	_
13	Danan	Danan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	attributes	attribute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
22	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
25	hope	hope	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	aux:pass	_	_
28	rendered	render	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	ccomp	_	_
29	interesting	interesting	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	xcomp	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	intelligible	intelligible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	conj	_	_
32	in	in	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	Cuculain	Cuculain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
39	Red	Red	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	flat	_	_
40	Branch	Branch	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	conj	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	Ulster	Ulster	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | of the Tuatha | tree rules |
| 2 | **attribute** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **hope** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **render** | infinitive · passive |  |  |  | my account of Cuculain and the Red Branch of Ulster |  | interesting *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient» |
| 6 | **account** |  | my | Cuculain and the Red Branch of Ulster |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent 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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