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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 49

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The point fixed upon by the accurate and sceptical Tiherna as the starting-point of trustworthy Irish history, was one long subsequent to the floruerunt of the gods; and the age of Concobar Mac Nessa and his knights was more than two centuries later than that of Kimbay and the foundation of Emain Macha.

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**Who acts:** point, age · **What happens:** fix, be, point · **To what, where:** point, one long subsequent, trustworthy Irish history

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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 (point, age), 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:pg8109:3:49
# text = The point fixed upon by the accurate and sceptical Tiherna as the starting-point of trustworthy Irish history, was one long subsequent to the floruerunt of the gods; and the age of Concobar Mac Nessa and his knights was more than two centuries later than that of Kimbay and the foundation of Emain Macha.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
3	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	sceptical	sceptical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	Tiherna	Tiherna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	starting	starting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	trustworthy	trustworthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
18	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
21	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
22	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	24	nummod	_	_
23	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	subsequent	subsequent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
25	to	to	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	floruerunt	floruerunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	nsubj	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	Concobar	Concobar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	compound	_	_
37	Mac	Mac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	_
38	Nessa	Nessa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	flat	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
40	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	knights	knight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	conj	_	_
42	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	cop	_	_
43	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	24	parataxis	_	_
44	than	than	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	46	nummod	_	_
46	centuries	century	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	obl	_	_
47	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	49	advmod	_	_
48	than	than	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	43	obl	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
51	Kimbay	Kimbay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	foundation	foundation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	conj	_	_
55	of	of	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	Emain	Emain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	54	nmod	_	_
57	Macha	Macha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	56	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	24	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | participle |  | the point *not said here* |  |  |  | upon the accurate Tiherna; as the starting point of trustworthy Irish history | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the point | one long subsequent |  |  |  | to the floruerunt of the gods | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | past | the age of Concobar Mac and age's knights |  |  |  |  | than that of Kimbay and the foundation of Emain; more *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **point** |  |  | trustworthy Irish history |  |  |  |  | nom point «cognition 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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