--- title: The floruit of Cuculain, therefore, falls completely within the hist… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: The floruit of Cuculain, therefore, falls completely within the historical penumbra, and the more carefully the enormous, and in the main mutually consistent and self-supporting, historical remains dealing with this period are studied, the more will this be believed. Who acts: floruit, main consiste --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/3/50/) [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/) / 50 # Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 50 The floruit of Cuculain, therefore, falls completely within the historical penumbra, and the more carefully the enormous, and in the main mutually consistent and self-supporting, historical remains dealing with this period are studied, the more will this be believed. **Who acts:** floruit, main consistent historical remains · **What happens:** fall, deal, study, believe · **To what, where:** main consistent historical remains, this 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 (floruit, main consistent historical remains), 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:pg8109:3:50 # text = The floruit of Cuculain, therefore, falls completely within the historical penumbra, and the more carefully the enormous, and in the main mutually consistent and self-supporting, historical remains dealing with this period are studied, the more will this be believed. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 floruit floruit NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Cuculain Cuculain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 falls fall VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 completely completely ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 10 within within ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 historical historical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 penumbra penumbra NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 20 advmod _ _ 18 carefully carefully ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 enormous enormous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 25 main main ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 26 mutually mutually ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 consistent consistent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 29 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 30 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 29 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 31 supporting supporting NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 33 historical historical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 remains remains NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 dealing deal VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 34 acl _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 38 det _ _ 38 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 39 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 studied study VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 47 advmod _ _ 44 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 45 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 46 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 aux:pass _ _ 47 believed believe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 40 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fall** | present | the floruit of Cuculain | | | | | within the historical penumbra; completely, therefore *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **deal** | gerund | the main consistent historical remains *not said here* | | | | | with this period | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with period=Theme | | 3 | **study** | present · passive | | the main consistent historical remains | | | | | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | | 4 | **believe** | future · passive | | this | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | 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 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/3/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/3/51/) - ↑ back to [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/3/)