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title: The mode which I have myself adopted, that other being out of the qu… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: The mode which I have myself adopted, that other being out of the question, is open to many obvious objections; but in the existing state of the Irish mind on the subject, no other is possible to an individual writer. Who acts: other question, other. A sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.»
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 2, sentence 45

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The mode which I have myself adopted, that other being out of the question, is open to many obvious objections; but in the existing state of the Irish mind on the subject, no other is possible to an individual writer.

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**Who acts:** other question, other · **What happens:** adopt, be, exist · **To what, where:** mode, other question

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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 (other question, other), 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:pg8109:2:45
# text = The mode which I have myself adopted, that other being out of the question, is open to many obvious objections; but in the existing state of the Irish mind on the subject, no other is possible to an individual writer.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mode	mode	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	obj	_	_
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
6	myself	myself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	5	obj	_	_
7	adopted	adopt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
9	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
11	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	cop	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	question	question	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	parataxis	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
21	obvious	obvious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	objections	objection	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
24	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	existing	exist	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	28	amod	_	_
28	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
32	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	_
33	on	on	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	subject	subject	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
37	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	38	det	_	_
38	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	nsubj	_	_
39	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	40	cop	_	_
40	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	advcl	_	_
41	to	to	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
42	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
43	individual	individual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
44	writer	writer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **adopt** | present · perfect · passive |  | the mode |  |  |  | the existing state of the Irish mind on the subject *parataxis* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  | the other question |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | the other question |  |  |  |  | to many obvious objections; open *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **exist** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **is** | present | no other |  |  |  |  | to a individual writer; possible *property* | tree rules |

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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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