--- title: It is, therefore, a reasonable conclusion that the bardic literature… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: It is, therefore, a reasonable conclusion that the bardic literature, where it reveals a clear sequence in the order of events, and where there is no antecedent improbability, supplies a trustworthy guide to the general course of our history. Who acts: absence, antecedent improbability. A sentence o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/2/75/) [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/) / 75 # Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 2, sentence 75 It is, therefore, a reasonable conclusion that the bardic literature, where it reveals a clear sequence in the order of events, and where there is no antecedent improbability, supplies a trustworthy guide to the general course of our history. **Who acts:** absence, antecedent improbability · **What happens:** be, reveal, supply, order · **To what, where:** reasonable conclusion, clear sequence, order, trustworthy guide, general course, events 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 (absence, antecedent improbability), 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:pg8109:2:75 # text = It is, therefore, a reasonable conclusion that the bardic literature, where it reveals a clear sequence in the order of events, and where there is no antecedent improbability, supplies a trustworthy guide to the general course of our history. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 reasonable reasonable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 conclusion conclusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 bardic bardic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 literature literature NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 14 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 16 advmod _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 reveals reveal VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 17 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 sequence sequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obj _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 events event NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 27 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 29 advmod _ _ 28 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 29 expl _ _ 29 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 34 advcl _ _ 30 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 32 det _ _ 31 antecedent antecedent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 amod _ _ 32 improbability improbability NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 34 supplies supply VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 trustworthy trustworthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 guide guide NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obj _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 general general ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 44 nmod:poss _ _ 44 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | absence | a reasonable conclusion | | | | the bardic literature *acl*; therefore *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **reveal** | present | absence | a clear sequence | | the order of events | | | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sequence=Topic | | 3 | **be** | present | no antecedent improbability | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **supply** | present | absence *not said here* | a trustworthy guide | the general course of our history | | | | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent guide=Theme to course=Recipient | | 5 | **order** | | | events | | | | | nom order «communication 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 74](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/2/74/) - next →: [sentence 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/2/76/) - ↑ back to [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/2/)