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title: All the noteworthy events of the hero's life and his characteristics… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: All the noteworthy events of the hero's life and his characteristics must have formed the original of the tales concerning him, which would have been composed during his life, or not long after his death. Who acts: tales, Christianity. A sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 33

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All the noteworthy events of the hero's life and his characteristics must have formed the original of the tales concerning him, which would have been composed during his life, or not long after his death.

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**Who acts:** tales, Christianity · **What happens:** form, concern, compose, die · **To what, where:** noteworthy events, Christianity, 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 (tales, Christianity), 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:pg8109:3:33
# text = All the noteworthy events of the hero's life and his characteristics must have formed the original of the tales concerning him, which would have been composed during his life, or not long after his death.
1	All	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det:predet	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	noteworthy	noteworthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	characteristics	characteristic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
13	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	aux	_	_
15	formed	form	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	original	original	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nmod	_	_
21	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	20	acl	_	_
22	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
24	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	28	nsubj:pass	_	_
25	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
26	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	aux	_	_
27	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	28	aux:pass	_	_
28	composed	compose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	acl	_	_
29	during	during	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	_
31	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
33	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
34	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	35	advmod	_	_
35	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	15	advmod	_	_
36	after	after	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **form** | must · perfect |  | all noteworthy events of the hero's life and Christianity's characteristics |  |  |  | the original of the tales *obj*; long *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location original=Theme |
| 2 | **concern** | gerund | the tales *not said here* | Christianity |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer |
| 3 | **compose** | would · perfect · passive |  | the tales |  |  | during Christianity's life |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
| 4 | **die** |  | Christianity |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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