--- title: It would, therefore, be extremely improbable that the bards of the C… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: It would, therefore, be extremely improbable that the bards of the Christian period, when the days of rath and cairn had departed, would modify, to any considerable extent, the literature produced in conditions of society which had passed away. Who acts: interest, bards. A sentence of «Early Bardic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/3/12/) [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/pg8109/3/) / 12 # Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 12 It would, therefore, be extremely improbable that the bards of the Christian period, when the days of rath and cairn had departed, would modify, to any considerable extent, the literature produced in conditions of society which had passed away. **Who acts:** interest, bards · **What happens:** be, depart, modify, produce, pass away, condition · **To what, where:** days, considerable extent, literature, conditions, society This is a sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (interest, bards), 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:pg8109:3:12 # text = It would, therefore, be extremely improbable that the bards of the Christian period, when the days of rath and cairn had departed, would modify, to any considerable extent, the literature produced in conditions of society which had passed away. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 7 extremely extremely ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 improbable improbable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 9 that that SCONJ IN _ 28 mark _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 bards bard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 17 when when SCONJ WRB _ 25 mark _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj:pass _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 rath rath NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 cairn cairn NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 24 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 departed depart VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 27 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 28 modify modify VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 33 det _ _ 32 considerable considerable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 amod _ _ 33 extent extent NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 literature literature NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 appos _ _ 37 produced produce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 36 acl _ _ 38 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 conditions condition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 society society NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 nsubj:pass _ _ 43 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux _ _ 44 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 41 acl:relcl _ _ 45 away away ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | would | interest | | | | | extremely, improbable, therefore *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **depart** | past · perfect · passive | | the days of rath and cairn | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial\_Location | | 3 | **modify** | would | the bards of the Christian period | any considerable extent | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent extent=Patient | | 4 | **produce** | participle | | the literature *not said here* | | conditions of society | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **pass away** | past · perfect · passive | | society | | | | away *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **condition** | | | society | | | | | nom condition «state 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/3/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/3/13/) - ↑ back to [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/3/)