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title: Here the poet, singing only of the events of the battle of Gabra, sh… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: Here the poet, singing only of the events of the battle of Gabra, shows that he was well-acquainted with all the relations subsisting for a long time between the Fians and the Royal family. Who acts: poet, relations. A sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Early Bardic
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 2, sentence 63

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Here the poet, singing only of the events of the battle of Gabra, shows that he was well-acquainted with all the relations subsisting for a long time between the Fians and the Royal family.

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**Who acts:** poet, relations · **What happens:** sing, show, acquaint, subsist, battle · **To what, where:** events, poet, Gabra · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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, relations), 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:pg8109:2:63
# text = Here the poet, singing only of the events of the battle of Gabra, shows that he was well-acquainted with all the relations subsisting for a long time between the Fians and the Royal family.
1	Here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	16	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	poet	poet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Gabra	Gabra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
16	shows	show	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
19	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux:pass	_	_
20	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	22	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	acquainted	acquaint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	ccomp	_	_
23	with	with	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
24	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	26	det:predet	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	relations	relation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	_
27	subsisting	subsist	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	26	acl	_	_
28	for	for	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
29	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
30	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	_
32	between	between	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	Fians	Fian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	31	nmod	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	Royal	Royal	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | the poet *not said here* | the events of the battle of Gabra |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location event=Theme |
| 2 | **show** | present |  |  |  | here |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **acquaint** *speech: other* | past · passive |  | poet |  |  |  | with all relations; well *property* | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
| 4 | **subsist** | gerund | all relations *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **battle** |  |  | Gabra |  |  |  |  | nom battle «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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