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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 2, sentence 30

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In the next place, the immense mass of bardic literature which treats of the Irish gods who, having conquered the Fir-bolgs, like the Greek gods of the age of gold dwelt visibly in the island until the coming of the Clan Milith, out of Spain.

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**Who acts:** immense mass, Irish gods · **What happens:** treat, conquer, dwell, come · **To what, where:** Fir bolgs, next place, Spain

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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 (immense mass, Irish gods), 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:pg8109:2:30
# text = In the next place, the immense mass of bardic literature which treats of the Irish gods who, having conquered the Fir-bolgs, like the Greek gods of the age of gold dwelt visibly in the island until the coming of the Clan Milith, out of Spain.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	immense	immense	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	mass	mass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	bardic	bardic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	literature	literature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	treats	treat	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
18	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	21	aux	_	_
21	conquered	conquer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	17	acl:relcl	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
23	Fir	fir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	bolgs	bolg	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
27	like	like	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	_
36	dwelt	dwell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
37	visibly	visibly	ADV	RB	_	36	advmod	_	_
38	in	in	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
41	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	43	mark	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	36	advcl	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
46	Clan	Clan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	compound	_	_
47	Milith	Milith	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
49	out	out	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	36	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treat** | present | the immense mass of bardic literature |  |  |  |  | of the Irish gods | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **conquer** | gerund · perfect | the Irish gods | the Fir bolgs |  |  |  | like the Greek gods of the age of gold | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bolg=Patient |
| 3 | **dwell** | past | the immense mass of bardic literature |  |  | the next place |  | in the island; visibly *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location |
| 4 | **come** | gerund | the immense mass of bardic literature *not said here* |  |  | Spain |  | of the Clan Milith | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme of milith=Initial\_Location out spain=Destination |

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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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