--- title: If I have done my task well, the reader will have been supplied, wit… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: If I have done my task well, the reader will have been supplied, without any intensity of application on his part--a condition of the public mind upon which no historian of this country should count--with some knowledge of ancient Irish history, and with an interest in the subject which may lead him --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/3/66/) [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/) / 66 # Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 66 If I have done my task well, the reader will have been supplied, without any intensity of application on his part--a condition of the public mind upon which no historian of this country should count--with some knowledge of ancient Irish history, and with an interest in the subject which may lead him to peruse for himself that ancient literature, and to read works of a more strictly scientific nature upon the subject than those which I have yet written. **Who acts:** I, historian, reader, my, scientific nature · **What happens:** do, supply, count, lead, peruse, read · **To what, where:** task, reader, ancient literature, works, public mind 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, historian, reader, my), 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:pg8109:3:66 # text = If I have done my task well, the reader will have been supplied, without any intensity of application on his part--a condition of the public mind upon which no historian of this country should count--with some knowledge of ancient Irish history, and with an interest in the subject which may lead him to peruse for himself that ancient literature, and to read works of a more strictly scientific nature upon the subject than those which I have yet written. 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 3 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 done do 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part NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 -- -- PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 26 condition condition NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 parataxis _ _ 27 of of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 public public ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nmod _ _ 31 upon upon ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 39 obl _ _ 33 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 34 det _ _ 34 historian historian NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 36 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 det _ _ 37 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ _ 38 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 count count VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 -- -- PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 with with ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 43 det _ _ 43 knowledge knowledge NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN 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_ _ 65 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 66 amod _ _ 66 literature literature NOUN NN Number=Sing 61 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 67 , , PUNCT , _ 70 punct _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 69 to to PART TO _ 70 mark _ _ 70 read read VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 39 parataxis _ _ 71 works work NOUN NNS Number=Plur 70 obj _ _ 72 of of ADP IN _ 77 case _ _ 73 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 77 det _ _ 74 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 75 advmod _ _ 75 strictly strictly ADV RB _ 76 advmod _ _ 76 scientific scientific ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 77 amod _ _ 77 nature nature NOUN NN Number=Sing 71 nmod _ _ 78 upon upon ADP IN _ 80 case _ _ 79 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 80 det _ _ 80 subject subject NOUN NN Number=Sing 70 obl _ _ 81 than than ADP IN _ 82 case _ _ 82 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 80 nmod _ _ 83 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 87 obj _ _ 84 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 87 nsubj _ _ 85 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 87 aux _ _ 86 yet yet ADV RB _ 87 advmod _ _ 87 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 82 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 88 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · perfect | I | my task | | | | well *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Eventuality | | 2 | **supply** | future · perfect · passive | | the reader | | | | any intensity of application on reader's part a condition of the public mind *conj* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient | | 3 | **count** | should | no historian of this country | | | | | upon a condition of the public mind; with some knowledge of ancient Irish history | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 4 | **lead** | may | | reader | | | | with a interest in the subject; which *nsubj* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Patient clause=Result | | 5 | **peruse** | to-infinitive | reader *not said here* | that ancient literature | | | | for reader | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent literature=Theme for himself=Attribute | | 6 | **read** | to-infinitive | | works of a scientific nature | | | | upon the subject than those | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Topic | | 7 | **write** | present · perfect | I | | | | yet | which *obj* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme | | 8 | **task** | | my | | | | | | nom task «act transitive»: poss=agent | | 9 | **condition** | | | the public mind | | | | | nom condition «state transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **work** | | a scientific nature | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: of=agent | 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 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/3/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/3/67/) - ↑ back to [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/3/)