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description: Some of the books, according to the author, stated that on this occasion the two latter behaved unfairly, but he agreed with those books which did not state this. Who acts: books, Bricrind. A sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 6

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Some of the books, according to the author, stated that on this occasion the two latter behaved unfairly, but he agreed with those books which did not state this.

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**Who acts:** books, Bricrind · **What happens:** accord, state, behave, agree, not state · **To what, where:** two latter, occasion, this

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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 (books, Bricrind), 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:pg8109:3:6
# text = Some of the books, according to the author, stated that on this occasion the two latter behaved unfairly, but he agreed with those books which did not state this.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	according	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	case	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	author	author	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
11	stated	state	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	15	det	_	_
15	occasion	occasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	ccomp	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	latter	latter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	_
19	behaved	behave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	_
20	unfairly	unfairly	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
23	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	agreed	agree	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl	_	_
25	with	with	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	27	det	_	_
27	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obl	_	_
28	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	31	nsubj	_	_
29	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	aux	_	_
30	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	31	advmod	_	_
31	state	state	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	27	acl:relcl	_	_
32	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	31	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **state** *speech: other* | past | some books and the author |  |  |  |  | this occasion  the two latter *ccomp* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **behave** | participle |  | the two latter *not said here* |  |  |  | unfairly *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **agree** *speech: agree* | past | Bricrind | this occasion  the two latter *not said here* |  |  |  | with that books | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent occasion=Topic |
| 5 | **not** **state** *speech: other* | past · do-support | that books | this |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent this=Topic |

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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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