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description: It might enjoy the reputation of being well written, and as such receive an honourable place in half-a-dozen public libraries, but it would be otherwise left severely alone. Who acts: work. A sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 2, sentence 50

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It might enjoy the reputation of being well written, and as such receive an honourable place in half-a-dozen public libraries, but it would be otherwise left severely alone.

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**Who acts:** work · **What happens:** enjoy, write, receive, leave · **To what, where:** reputation, honourable place, half dozen public libraries, work

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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 (work), 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:pg8109:2:50
# text = It might enjoy the reputation of being well written, and as such receive an honourable place in half-a-dozen public libraries, but it would be otherwise left severely alone.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	enjoy	enjoy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	reputation	reputation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
9	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	14	mark	_	_
14	receive	receive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
15	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	honourable	honourable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
19	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	25	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	dozen	dozen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	25	nummod	_	_
24	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	libraries	library	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
27	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
28	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj:pass	_	_
29	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
30	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	aux:pass	_	_
31	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
32	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
33	severely	severely	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
34	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enjoy** | might | work | the reputation |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer reputation=Stimulus |
| 2 | **write** | gerund · passive |  | the reputation *not said here* |  |  |  | well *property* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V» |
| 3 | **receive** | infinitive | work *not said here* | a honourable place |  | a half dozen public libraries |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent place=Theme in library=Location |
| 4 | **leave** | would · passive |  | work |  |  |  | alone, otherwise, severely *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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