--- title: It is, therefore, reasonable to suppose that the same consonance bet… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: It is, therefore, reasonable to suppose that the same consonance between them and the actual course of events which subsisted during the period which lies in clear light, marked also that other preceding period of which the light is no longer dry. Who acts: It, same consonance, period, light. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (It, same consonance, period, light), 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:pg8109:2:77 # text = It is, therefore, reasonable to suppose that the same consonance between them and the actual course of events which subsisted during the period which lies in clear light, marked also that other preceding period of which the light is no longer dry. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 reasonable reasonable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 suppose suppose VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 csubj _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 consonance consonance NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj _ _ 13 between between ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nmod _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 actual actual ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 course course NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 events event NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 22 nsubj _ _ 22 subsisted subsist VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 ccomp _ _ 23 during during ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 27 nsubj _ _ 27 lies lie VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 acl:relcl _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 marked mark VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl _ _ 33 also also ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 35 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 36 preceding precede VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 37 amod _ _ 37 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl:unmarked _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 45 obl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 42 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 43 no no ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 44 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 45 advmod _ _ 45 dry dry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | reasonable, therefore *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **suppose** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **subsist** | past | the same consonance between events and the actual course of events | | | | during the period | which *nsubj* | vn gorge-39.6 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **lie** | present | the period | | | clear light | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in light=Location | | 5 | **mark** | participle | | clear light *not said here* | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **precede** | gerund | | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **is** | present | the light | | | | | other preceding period *obl:unmarked*; which *obl*; dry, long *property* | tree rules | 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 76](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/2/76/) - next →: [Early Bardic Literature, Ire…, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/3/1/) - ↑ back to [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/2/)