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title: For the rest, I have related one or two great events in the life of… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: For the rest, I have related one or two great events in the life of Cuculain in such a way as to give a description as clear and correct as possible of his own character and history as related by the bards, of those celebrated men and women who were his contemporaries and of his relations with them,
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 65

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For the rest, I have related one or two great events in the life of Cuculain in such a way as to give a description as clear and correct as possible of his own character and history as related by the bards, of those celebrated men and women who were his contemporaries and of his relations with them, of the gods and supernatural powers in whom the people then believed, and of the state of civilisation which then prevailed.

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**Who acts:** I, bards, people, state · **What happens:** relate, give, celebrate, be, believe, prevail · **To what, where:** one great events, description, contemporaries

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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, bards, people, state), 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:pg8109:3:65
# text = For the rest, I have related one or two great events in the life of Cuculain in such a way as to give a description as clear and correct as possible of his own character and history as related by the bards, of those celebrated men and women who were his contemporaries and of his relations with them, of the gods and supernatural powers in whom the people then believed, and of the state of civilisation which then prevailed.
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	related	relate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	conj	_	_
11	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Cuculain	Cuculain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	21	det:predet	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
22	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
24	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	description	description	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
27	as	as	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	obl	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	conj	_	_
31	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	32	mark	_	_
32	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	advcl	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
34	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
35	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
38	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	conj	_	_
39	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	40	mark	_	_
40	related	relate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	advcl	_	_
41	by	by	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	bards	bard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
46	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	48	det	_	_
47	celebrated	celebrate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	48	amod	_	_
48	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	conj	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
50	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	conj	_	_
51	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	54	nsubj	_	_
52	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	54	cop	_	_
53	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	54	nmod:poss	_	_
54	contemporaries	contemporary	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	conj	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
56	of	of	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	58	nmod:poss	_	_
58	relations	relation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	54	conj	_	_
59	with	with	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
60	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	58	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	_
62	of	of	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
63	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
64	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	54	conj	_	_
65	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	67	cc	_	_
66	supernatural	supernatural	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	compound	_	_
67	powers	power	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	54	conj	_	_
68	in	in	ADP	IN	_	69	case	_	_
69	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	67	nmod	_	_
70	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	71	det	_	_
71	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	73	nsubj	_	_
72	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	73	advmod	_	_
73	believed	believe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	69	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	78	punct	_	_
75	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	78	cc	_	_
76	of	of	ADP	IN	_	78	case	_	_
77	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	78	det	_	_
78	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
79	of	of	ADP	IN	_	80	case	_	_
80	civilisation	civilisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	78	nmod	_	_
81	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	83	nsubj	_	_
82	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	83	advmod	_	_
83	prevailed	prevail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	78	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
84	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **relate** | present · perfect | I | one great events in the life of Cuculain in such way |  |  |  | for the rest; of the state of civilisation | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | a description |  |  |  | as clear | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent description=Theme |
| 3 | **relate** | participle | I *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the bards and that celebrated men and women and version's contemporaries and version's relations with events and the gods and supernatural powers in version's contemporaries and version's relations with events and the gods and supernatural powers | vn relate-86.2-2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **celebrate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is a** | past | the bards and that celebrated men and women and version's contemporaries and version's relations with events and the gods and supernatural powers in version's contemporaries and relations and the gods and supernatural powers | version's contemporaries and version's relations with events and the gods and supernatural powers in version's contemporaries and version's relations with events and the gods and supernatural powers in contemporaries |  |  |  | version *nmod:poss*; version's relations with events *conj*; the gods *conj*; supernatural powers in version's contemporaries and version's relations with events and the gods and supernatural powers in version's contemporaries and relations and the gods and supernatural powers *conj* | tree rules |
| 6 | **believe** | past | the people |  |  |  | then |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 7 | **prevail** | past | the state of civilisation |  |  |  | then |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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