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title: In the perusal of the Irish literature, we see that the strength of… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: In the perusal of the Irish literature, we see that the strength of this conservative instinct has been of the greatest service in the preservation of the early monuments in their purity. Who acts: we, strength. A sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Early Bardic Lite
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 28

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In the perusal of the Irish literature, we see that the strength of this conservative instinct has been of the greatest service in the preservation of the early monuments in their purity.

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**Who acts:** we, strength · **What happens:** see, be, peruse, preserve · **To what, where:** perusal, preservation, Irish literature, early monuments · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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, strength), 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:pg8109:3:28
# text = In the perusal of the Irish literature, we see that the strength of this conservative instinct has been of the greatest service in the preservation of the early monuments in their purity.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	perusal	perusal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	literature	literature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
9	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	strength	strength	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	nsubj	_	_
16	conservative	conservative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	instinct	instinct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
18	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
19	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	23	cop	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	23	amod	_	_
23	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	ccomp	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	preservation	preservation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	monuments	monument	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nmod	_	_
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	purity	purity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | we |  |  | the perusal of the Irish literature |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** | present · perfect | the strength of conservative instinct  this |  |  | the preservation of the early monuments in monuments's purity |  | of the greatest service | tree rules |
| 3 | **peruse** |  |  | the Irish literature |  |  |  |  | nom perusal «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **preserve** |  |  | the early monuments in monuments's purity |  |  |  |  | nom preservation «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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