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title: AEval, of Carriglea, the fairy queen of Munster, is one of the most… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: AEval, of Carriglea, the fairy queen of Munster, is one of the most important characters in the history of the battle of Clontarf, the character of which, and of the events that preceded and followed its occurrence, and the chieftains and warriors who fought on one side and the other, are identical,
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 56

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AEval, of Carriglea, the fairy queen of Munster, is one of the most important characters in the history of the battle of Clontarf, the character of which, and of the events that preceded and followed its occurrence, and the chieftains and warriors who fought on one side and the other, are identical, whether described by the bard singing, or by the monkish chronicler jotting down in plain prose the fasti for the year.

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**Who acts:** AEval, events, chieftains, monkish chronicler · **What happens:** be, proceed, follow, fight, describe, jot down · **To what, where:** one, occurrence, one side, plain prose, Clontarf

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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 (AEval, events, chieftains, monkish chronicler), 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:pg8109:3:56
# text = AEval, of Carriglea, the fairy queen of Munster, is one of the most important characters in the history of the battle of Clontarf, the character of which, and of the events that preceded and followed its occurrence, and the chieftains and warriors who fought on one side and the other, are identical, whether described by the bard singing, or by the monkish chronicler jotting down in plain prose the fasti for the year.
1	AEval	AEval	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Carriglea	Carriglea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	fairy	fairy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	queen	queen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Munster	Munster	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
16	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	17	advmod	_	_
17	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	characters	character	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	Clontarf	Clontarf	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	appos	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
37	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	38	nsubj	_	_
38	preceded	proceed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	acl:relcl	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
40	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	conj	_	_
41	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	42	nmod:poss	_	_
42	occurrence	occurrence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	chieftains	chieftain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	59	nsubj	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
48	warriors	warrior	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	conj	_	_
49	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	50	nsubj	_	_
50	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	acl:relcl	_	_
51	on	on	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	53	nummod	_	_
53	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obl	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
58	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	59	cop	_	_
59	identical	identical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
61	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	62	mark	_	_
62	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	59	advcl	_	_
63	by	by	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
65	bard	bard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	compound	_	_
66	singing	singing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	72	punct	_	_
68	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	72	cc	_	_
69	by	by	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
70	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	72	det	_	_
71	monkish	monkish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	72	amod	_	_
72	chronicler	chronicler	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	appos	_	_
73	jotting	jot	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	72	acl	_	_
74	down	down	ADV	RB	_	73	advmod	_	_
75	in	in	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
76	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	77	amod	_	_
77	prose	prose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	73	obl	_	_
78	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	79	det	_	_
79	fasti	fasti	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	77	conj	_	_
80	for	for	ADP	IN	_	82	case	_	_
81	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	82	det	_	_
82	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	79	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
83	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | AEval and Carriglea | one |  |  |  | of the important characters in the history of the battle of Clontarf; of the events | tree rules |
| 2 | **proceed** | past | the events |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **follow** | past | the events *not said here* | battle's occurrence |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent occurrence=Theme |
| 4 | **fight** | past | the chieftains and warriors |  |  | one side |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is** | present | the chieftains and warriors |  |  |  |  | identical *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **describe** | participle | the chieftains and warriors *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the bard singing | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **jot down** | gerund | the monkish chronicler *not said here* |  |  | plain prose and the fasti for the year |  | down *property* | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in prose=Destination |
| 8 | **battle** |  |  | Clontarf |  |  |  |  | nom battle «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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