--- title: I hope on some future occasion to examine more minutely the characte… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: I hope on some future occasion to examine more minutely the character and place in literature of the Irish bardic remains, and put forward here these general considerations, from which the reader may presume that the Ultonian cycle, dealing as it does with Cuculain and his contemporaries, is in the --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/3/59/) [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/) / 59 # Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 59 I hope on some future occasion to examine more minutely the character and place in literature of the Irish bardic remains, and put forward here these general considerations, from which the reader may presume that the Ultonian cycle, dealing as it does with Cuculain and his contemporaries, is in the main true to the facts of the time, and that his history, and that of the other heroes who figure in these volumes, is, on the whole, and omitting the marvellous, sufficiently reliable. **Who acts:** I, reader, sight, other heroes, that · **What happens:** hope, examine, put forward, presume, deal, do · **To what, where:** future occasion, character, literature, general considerations, volumes, marvellous 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 (I, reader, sight, other heroes), 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:pg8109:3:59 # text = I hope on some future occasion to examine more minutely the character and place in literature of the Irish bardic remains, and put forward here these general considerations, from which the reader may presume that the Ultonian cycle, dealing as it does with Cuculain and his contemporaries, is in the main true to the facts of the time, and that his history, and that of the other heroes who figure in these volumes, is, on the whole, and omitting the marvellous, sufficiently reliable. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 hope hope VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 6 det _ _ 5 future future ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 occasion occasion NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 examine examine VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 9 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 10 advmod _ _ 10 minutely minutely ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 15 in in ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 literature literature NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 19 Irish Irish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 20 bardic bardic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 remains remains NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 25 forward forward ADV RB _ 24 advmod _ _ 26 here here ADV RB PronType=Dem 24 advmod _ _ 27 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 28 general general ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 considerations consideration NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 obl _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 reader reader NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj _ _ 35 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 presume presume VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 24 conj _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 Ultonian Ultonian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 compound _ _ 40 cycle cycle NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 42 dealing deal VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 36 advcl _ _ 43 as as SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 45 nsubj _ _ 45 does do VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 42 advcl _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 Cuculain Cuculain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 50 cc _ _ 49 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 contemporaries contemporary NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 52 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 56 cop _ _ 53 in in ADP IN _ 56 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 55 main main ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 56 amod _ _ 56 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 parataxis _ _ 57 to to ADP IN _ 59 case _ _ 58 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 59 det _ _ 59 facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 56 parataxis _ _ 60 of of ADP IN _ 62 case _ _ 61 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 62 det _ _ 62 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 59 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 63 , , PUNCT , _ 67 punct _ _ 64 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 65 that that SCONJ IN _ 67 mark _ _ 66 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 67 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 85 punct _ _ 69 and and CCONJ CC _ 85 cc _ _ 70 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 85 nsubj _ _ 71 of of ADP IN _ 74 case _ _ 72 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 74 det _ _ 73 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 74 amod _ _ 74 heroes hero NOUN NNS Number=Plur 70 nmod _ _ 75 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 76 nsubj _ _ 76 figure figure VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 74 acl:relcl _ _ 77 in in ADP IN _ 79 case _ _ 78 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 79 det _ _ 79 volumes volume NOUN NNS Number=Plur 76 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 80 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 81 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 85 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 82 , , PUNCT , _ 85 punct _ _ 83 on on ADP IN _ 85 case _ _ 84 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 85 det _ _ 85 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 86 , , PUNCT , _ 88 punct _ _ 87 and and CCONJ CC _ 88 cc _ _ 88 omitting omit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 85 advcl _ _ 89 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 90 det _ _ 90 marvellous marvellous PROPN NNP Number=Sing 88 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 91 , , PUNCT , _ 93 punct _ _ 92 sufficiently sufficiently ADV RB _ 93 advmod _ _ 93 reliable reliable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 90 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 94 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hope** | present | I | | | some future occasion | | | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **examine** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | the character and place | | literature of the Irish bardic remains | | minutely *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent character=Theme | | 3 | **put forward** | participle | I *not said here* | this general considerations | | here | | reader's history *obl*; forward *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent consideration=Goal | | 4 | **presume** | may | the reader | | | | | which *obl*; the Ultonian cycle *ccomp* | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **deal** | gerund | the reader *not said here* | | | | | | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **do** | present | sight | | | | | with Cuculain and reader's contemporaries | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | present | | | | | | the facts of the time *parataxis*; true *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **figure** | present | the other heroes | | | this volumes | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 9 | **is** | present | that of the other heroes | | | | | whole *property* | tree rules | | 10 | **omit** | gerund | that of the other heroes *not said here* | the marvellous | | | | | vn exclude-107.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent marvellous=Theme | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/3/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/3/60/) - ↑ back to [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/3/)