--- title: Around each of the greater heroes there groups itself a mass of bard… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: Around each of the greater heroes there groups itself a mass of bardic literature, varying in tone and statement, but preserving a substantial unity as to the general character and the more important achievements of the hero, and also, a fact upon which their general historical accuracy may be based --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/2/57/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/) / [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/2/) / 57 # Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 2, sentence 57 Around each of the greater heroes there groups itself a mass of bardic literature, varying in tone and statement, but preserving a substantial unity as to the general character and the more important achievements of the hero, and also, a fact upon which their general historical accuracy may be based with confidence, exhibiting a knowledge of that same prior and subsequent history recorded in the \_fasti\_. **What happens:** vary, preserve, base, exhibit, record, achieve · **To what, where:** fact, tone, substantial unity, general historical accuracy, knowledge, same prior history 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: what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg8109:2:57 # text = Around each of the greater heroes there groups itself a mass of bardic literature, varying in tone and statement, but preserving a substantial unity as to the general character and the more important achievements of the hero, and also, a fact upon which their general historical accuracy may be based with confidence, exhibiting a knowledge of that same prior and subsequent history recorded in the _fasti_. 1 Around around ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 8 det _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 greater great ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 heroes hero NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 2 advmod _ _ 8 groups group NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 9 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 8 nmod _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 mass mass NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 appos _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 bardic bardic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 literature literature NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 varying vary VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 11 appos _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 tone tone NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 statement statement NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 preserving preserve VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 conj _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 substantial substantial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 unity unity NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 27 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 31 case _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 27 fixed _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 general general ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 34 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 35 advmod _ _ 35 important important ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 achievements achievement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 conj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 hero hero NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 45 cc _ _ 42 also also ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 fact fact NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 46 upon upon ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 54 obl _ _ 48 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 49 general general ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 50 historical historical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 51 amod _ _ 51 accuracy accuracy NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj:pass _ _ 52 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 53 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 aux:pass _ _ 54 based base VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 45 acl _ _ 55 with with ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 56 confidence confidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 57 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 58 exhibiting exhibit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 16 conj _ _ 59 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 knowledge knowledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 obj _ _ 61 of of ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 62 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 67 nsubj _ _ 63 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 64 prior prior ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 66 cc _ _ 66 subsequent subsequent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 conj _ _ 67 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nmod _ _ 68 recorded record VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 67 acl _ _ 69 in in ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 72 det _ _ 71 _ _ PUNCT `` _ 72 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 fasti fasti NOUN NNS Number=Plur 68 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 73 _ _ PUNCT NFP _ 58 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 74 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **vary** | gerund | | a fact | | tone and statement | | | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **preserve** | gerund | | a substantial unity | | | | as the general character and the important achievements of the hero | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent unity=Beneficiary | | 3 | **base** | may · passive | | achievements's general historical accuracy | | | | upon a fact; with confidence | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme with confidence=Source | | 4 | **exhibit** | gerund | | a knowledge of same prior history that | | | | | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knowledge=Theme | | 5 | **record** | participle | | same prior history that *not said here* | | the fasti | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in fasti=Destination | | 7 | **achieve** | | | the hero | | | | | nom achievement «act transitive»: of=patient | 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. **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. - ← previous: [sentence 56](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/2/56/) - next →: [sentence 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/2/58/) - ↑ back to [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/2/)