--- title: The author of the tale in its present form, whenever he lived, compo… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: The author of the tale in its present form, whenever he lived, composed it, having before him original books which he collated, using his judgment at times upon the materials to his hand. Who acts: author, original books, Bricrind. A sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grad --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/3/4/) [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/) / 4 # Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 4 The author of the tale in its present form, whenever he lived, composed it, having before him original books which he collated, using his judgment at times upon the materials to his hand. **Who acts:** author, original books, Bricrind · **What happens:** live, compose, have, collate, use, form · **To what, where:** author, original books, judgment 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 (author, original books, Bricrind), 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:pg8109:3:4 # text = The author of the tale in its present form, whenever he lived, composed it, having before him original books which he collated, using his judgment at times upon the materials to his hand. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 author author NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 13 advmod _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 lived live VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 composed compose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 conj _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 15 advcl _ _ 19 before before ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ _ 21 original original ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 books book NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 23 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 collated collate VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 using use VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 conj _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 judgment judgment NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obj _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 32 upon upon ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 materials material NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 35 to to ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **live** | past | the author of the tale in author's present form | | | | | Bricrind *nsubj*; whenever *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **compose** | past | the author of the tale in author's present form *not said here* | author | | | | | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Result | | 3 | **have** | gerund | the author of the tale in author's present form *not said here* | original books | | | before Bricrind | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Patient | | 4 | **collate** | past | original books | | | | | Bricrind *nsubj* | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **use** | gerund | the author of the tale in author's present form *not said here* | Bricrind's judgment | | | time | upon the materials to Bricrind's hand | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent judgment=Patient | | 6 | **form** | | author | | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **judge** | | Bricrind | | | | | | nom judgment «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/3/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/3/5/) - ↑ back to [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/3/)