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title: It cannot be rejected, because it contains historical matter which i… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 2, sentence 12

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It cannot be rejected, because it contains historical matter which is consonant with and illuminates the dry lists of the chronologist, and it cannot be retained, for popular poetry is not history; and the task of distinguishing In such literature the fact from the fiction--where there is certainly fact and certainly fiction--is one of the most difficult to which the intellect can apply itself.

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**Who acts:** history, historical matter, popular poetry, task, intellect · **What happens:** not reject, contain, be, illuminate, not retain, not be · **To what, where:** history, historical matter, consonant, dry lists, one, fiction

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This is a sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 2. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (history, historical matter, popular poetry, task), 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:pg8109:2:12
# text = It cannot be rejected, because it contains historical matter which is consonant with and illuminates the dry lists of the chronologist, and it cannot be retained, for popular poetry is not history; and the task of distinguishing In such literature the fact from the fiction--where there is certainly fact and certainly fiction--is one of the most difficult to which the intellect can apply itself.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	rejected	reject	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	contains	contain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
10	historical	historical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	consonant	consonant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	illuminates	illuminate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	lists	list	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	chronologist	chronologist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
26	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj:pass	_	_
27	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	30	advmod	_	_
29	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	aux:pass	_	_
30	retained	retain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
32	for	for	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
33	popular	popular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	poetry	poetry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nsubj	_	_
35	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	37	cop	_	_
36	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	37	advmod	_	_
37	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	nsubj	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	distinguishing	distinguishing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	nmod	_	_
44	In	in	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	literature	literature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	nsubj	_	_
49	from	from	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	fiction	fiction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	55	advmod	_	_
54	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	55	expl	_	_
55	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	63	cop	_	_
56	certainly	certainly	ADV	RB	_	57	advmod	_	_
57	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	nsubj	_	_
58	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	60	cc	_	_
59	certainly	certainly	ADV	RB	_	60	advmod	_	_
60	fiction	fiction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	63	cop	_	_
63	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	parataxis	_	_
64	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	67	mark	_	_
65	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	67	det	_	_
66	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	67	advmod	_	_
67	difficult	difficult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	63	acl:relcl	_	_
68	to	to	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
69	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	73	obl	_	_
70	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
71	intellect	intellect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	nsubj	_	_
72	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	73	aux	_	_
73	apply	apply	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	67	parataxis	_	_
74	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	73	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **reject** | can · passive |  | history |  |  |  |  | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **contain** | present | history | historical matter and consonant |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot matter=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present | historical matter and consonant | consonant |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **illuminate** | present | history *not said here* | the dry lists of the chronologist |  |  |  |  | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent list=Destination |
| 5 | **not** **retain** | can · passive |  | history |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **not** **is** | present | popular poetry |  |  |  |  | for history | tree rules |
| 7 | **is a** | present | the task of distinguishing in such literature | one |  | the fiction |  | the fact *nsubj* | tree rules |
| 8 | **apply** | can | the intellect | history |  |  |  | which *obl* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent itself=Theme |
| 9 | **list** |  |  | the chronologist |  |  |  |  | nom list «communication 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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