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title: When we see how closely the Christian compilers followed the early a… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: When we see how closely the Christian compilers followed the early authorities, we can well believe that in the ethnic times no mind would have been sufficiently daring or sacrilegious to alter or pervert those epics which were in their eyes at the same time true and sacred. Who acts: we, Christian 
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 27

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When we see how closely the Christian compilers followed the early authorities, we can well believe that in the ethnic times no mind would have been sufficiently daring or sacrilegious to alter or pervert those epics which were in their eyes at the same time true and sacred.

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**Who acts:** we, Christian compilers, mind, epics · **What happens:** see, follow, believe, dare, alter, pervert · **To what, where:** early authorities, epics, eyes

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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 (we, Christian compilers, mind, epics), 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:pg8109:3:27
# text = When we see how closely the Christian compilers followed the early authorities, we can well believe that in the ethnic times no mind would have been sufficiently daring or sacrilegious to alter or pervert those epics which were in their eyes at the same time true and sacred.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	advcl	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
5	closely	closely	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	compilers	compiler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	authorities	authority	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
14	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
15	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	17	advmod	_	_
17	believe	believe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
18	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	29	mark	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	ethnic	ethnic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obl	_	_
23	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	24	det	_	_
24	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	_	_
25	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	_	_
26	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	aux	_	_
27	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	29	aux	_	_
28	sufficiently	sufficiently	ADV	RB	_	29	advmod	_	_
29	daring	dare	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	17	advcl	_	_
30	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	sacrilegious	sacrilegious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	conj	_	_
32	to	to	PART	TO	_	33	mark	_	_
33	alter	alter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	xcomp	_	_
34	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
35	pervert	pervert	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	conj	_	_
36	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	37	det	_	_
37	epics	epic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obj	_	_
38	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	42	nsubj	_	_
39	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	cop	_	_
40	in	in	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	42	nmod:poss	_	_
42	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	acl:relcl	_	_
43	at	at	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
45	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	_
47	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	49	cc	_	_
49	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **follow** | past | the Christian compilers | the early authorities |  |  |  | closely *property* | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent authority=Theme |
| 3 | **believe** | can | we |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **dare** | would · perfect · progressive | no mind |  |  |  | time | sufficiently *property* | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **alter** | to-infinitive | no mind *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 6 | **pervert** | infinitive | no mind *not said here* | that epics |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **is** | past | that epics |  |  | minds's eyes | time | minds *= mind* *nmod:poss* | tree rules |

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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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