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description: I would ask the reader, who may be inclined to think that the principal character is too chivalrous and refined for the age, to peruse for himself the tale named the "Great Breach of Murthemney." Who acts: I, principal character. A sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady,
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 60

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I would ask the reader, who may be inclined to think that the principal character is too chivalrous and refined for the age, to peruse for himself the tale named the "Great Breach of Murthemney."

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**Who acts:** I, principal character · **What happens:** ask, incline, think, be, refine, peruse · **To what, where:** reader, tale · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (I, principal character), 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:pg8109:3:60
# text = I would ask the reader, who may be inclined to think that the principal character is too chivalrous and refined for the age, to peruse for himself the tale named the "Great Breach of Murthemney."
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	reader	reader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	inclined	incline	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	too	too	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	chivalrous	chivalrous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	ccomp	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	refined	refine	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	conj	_	_
22	for	for	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	to	to	PART	TO	_	27	mark	_	_
27	peruse	peruse	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	_	_
28	for	for	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	27	obl	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	_
32	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	31	acl	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
34	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	Great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	Breach	Breach	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	xcomp	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	Murthemney	Murthemney	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | would | I | the reader |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent reader=Recipient |
| 2 | **incline** | may · passive |  | the reader |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **is** | present | the principal character |  |  |  |  | chivalrous *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **refine** | participle | the principal character *not said here* |  |  |  | for the age |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 6 | **peruse** | to-infinitive |  | the tale |  |  |  | for reader | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent tale=Theme for himself=Attribute |
| 7 | **name** | participle |  | the tale *not said here* |  |  |  | the Great Breach of Murthemney *xcomp* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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