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title: The general current of mediaeval opinion attributes the collection o… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: The general current of mediaeval opinion attributes the collection of tales and ballads now known as the Tan-Bo-Cooalney to St. Ciaran, the great founder of the monastery of Clonmacnoise. Who acts: general current. A sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Early Bardic L
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 16

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The general current of mediaeval opinion attributes the collection of tales and ballads now known as the Tan-Bo-Cooalney to St. Ciaran, the great founder of the monastery of Clonmacnoise.

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**Who acts:** general current · **What happens:** attribute, know · **To what, where:** collection, tales

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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 (general current), 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:pg8109:3:16
# text = The general current of mediaeval opinion attributes the collection of tales and ballads now known as the Tan-Bo-Cooalney to St. Ciaran, the great founder of the monastery of Clonmacnoise.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	general	general	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	current	current	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	mediaeval	mediaeval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	opinion	opinion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	attributes	attribute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	collection	collection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	ballads	ballad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	_
14	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
15	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
18	Tan	Tan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	Bo	Bo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	Cooalney	Cooalney	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
23	to	to	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	St.	St.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	_
25	Ciaran	Ciaran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	founder	founder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	appos	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	monastery	monastery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	Clonmacnoise	clonmacnoise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	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 | **attribute** | present | the general current of mediaeval opinion | the collection of tales and ballads |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | participle |  | tales and ballads *not said here* |  |  | now | as the Tan Bo Cooalney to St. | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as cooalney=Attribute |

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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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