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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 2, sentence 41

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In it the poet will find endless themes of song, the philosopher strange workings of the human mind, the archeologist a mass of information, marvellous in amount and quality, with regard to primitive ideas and habits of life, and the rationalist materials for framing a scientific history of Ireland, which will be acceptable in proportion to the readableness of his style, and the mode in which his views may harmonize with the prevailing humour and complexion of his contemporaries.

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**Who acts:** poet, philosopher, rationalist materials, scientific history, views · **What happens:** find, working, frame, be, harmonize, prevail · **To what, where:** endless themes, history, scientific history, proportion, mode

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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 (poet, philosopher, rationalist materials, scientific history), 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:pg8109:2:41
# text = In it the poet will find endless themes of song, the philosopher strange workings of the human mind, the archeologist a mass of information, marvellous in amount and quality, with regard to primitive ideas and habits of life, and the rationalist materials for framing a scientific history of Ireland, which will be acceptable in proportion to the readableness of his style, and the mode in which his views may harmonize with the prevailing humour and complexion of his contemporaries.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	poet	poet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	endless	endless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	themes	theme	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	song	song	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	philosopher	philosopher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	workings	working	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	archeologist	archeologist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	appos	_	_
23	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	mass	mass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	appos	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
28	marvellous	marvellous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	appos	_	_
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	amount	amount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
32	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
34	with	with	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	regard	regard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	_
36	to	to	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	primitive	primitive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	ideas	idea	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nmod	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
40	habits	habit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	conj	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
46	rationalist	rationalist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	compound	_	_
47	materials	material	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	conj	_	_
48	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	49	mark	_	_
49	framing	frame	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	47	acl	_	_
50	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
51	scientific	scientific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obj	_	_
53	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	52	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
56	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	59	nsubj	_	_
57	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	59	aux	_	_
58	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	59	cop	_	_
59	acceptable	acceptable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	conj	_	_
60	in	in	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
61	proportion	proportion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obl	_	_
62	to	to	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
63	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
64	readableness	readableness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	nmod	_	_
65	of	of	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
66	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	67	nmod:poss	_	_
67	style	style	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
69	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	71	cc	_	_
70	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
71	mode	mode	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	conj	_	_
72	in	in	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
73	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	77	obl	_	_
74	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	75	nmod:poss	_	_
75	views	view	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	77	nsubj	_	_
76	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	77	aux	_	_
77	harmonize	harmonize	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	71	acl:relcl	_	_
78	with	with	ADP	IN	_	81	case	_	_
79	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	81	det	_	_
80	prevailing	prevail	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	81	amod	_	_
81	humour	humour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	77	obl	_	_
82	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	83	cc	_	_
83	complexion	complexion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	81	conj	_	_
84	of	of	ADP	IN	_	86	case	_	_
85	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	86	nmod:poss	_	_
86	contemporaries	contemporary	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	83	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
87	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | future | the poet | endless themes of song and strange workings |  | history |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent theme=Topic |
| 2 | **working** |  | the philosopher |  |  |  |  | of the human mind | tree rules |
| 3 | **frame** | gerund | the rationalist materials *not said here* | a scientific history of Ireland |  |  |  |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent history=Destination |
| 4 | **is** | future | a scientific history of Ireland |  |  | proportion to the readableness of philosopher's style |  | acceptable *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **harmonize** | may | philosopher's views |  |  | the mode |  | with the prevailing humour and complexion of philosopher's contemporaries | vn amalgamate-22.2-2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with humour=Co-Patient |
| 6 | **prevail** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **view** |  | philosopher |  |  |  |  |  | nom view «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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