--- title: In the first volume, however, I have committed this error, that I di… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: In the first volume, however, I have committed this error, that I did not permit it to be seen with sufficient clearness that the characters and chief events of the tale are absolutely historic; and that much of the colouring, inasmuch as its source must have been the centuries immediately succeedin --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/3/68/) [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/) / 68 # Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 68 In the first volume, however, I have committed this error, that I did not permit it to be seen with sufficient clearness that the characters and chief events of the tale are absolutely historic; and that much of the colouring, inasmuch as its source must have been the centuries immediately succeeding the floruerunt of those characters, is also reliable as history, while the remainder is true to the times and the state of society which then obtained. **Who acts:** I, sufficient clearness, source, centuries, remainder · **What happens:** commit, not permit, see, be, succeed, obtain · **To what, where:** error, first volume, floruerunt, times 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, sufficient clearness, source, centuries), 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:pg8109:3:68 # text = In the first volume, however, I have committed this error, that I did not permit it to be seen with sufficient clearness that the characters and chief events of the tale are absolutely historic; and that much of the colouring, inasmuch as its source must have been the centuries immediately succeeding the floruerunt of those characters, is also reliable as history, while the remainder is true to the times and the state of society which then obtained. 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 amod _ _ 4 volume volume NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 however however ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 8 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 committed commit VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 11 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 12 det _ _ 12 error error NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 14 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 15 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 16 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 17 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 18 advmod _ _ 18 permit permit VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 conj _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 advcl _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 sufficient sufficient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 clearness clearness NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 26 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 37 nsubj _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 characters character NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nsubj _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 30 chief chief ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 events event NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 conj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 tale tale NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 37 cop _ _ 36 absolutely absolutely ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 37 historic historic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ; ; PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 40 that that ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 colouring colouring NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 46 inasmuch inasmuch NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 parataxis _ _ 47 as as ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 48 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 49 nmod:poss _ _ 49 source source NOUN NN Number=Sing 54 nsubj _ _ 50 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 54 aux _ _ 51 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 54 aux _ _ 52 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 54 cop _ _ 53 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 54 det _ _ 54 centuries century NOUN NNS Number=Plur 46 nmod _ _ 55 immediately immediately ADV RB _ 56 advmod _ _ 56 succeeding succeed VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 54 acl _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 floruerunt floruerunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 obj _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 61 det _ _ 61 characters character NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 65 punct _ _ 63 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 65 cop _ _ 64 also also ADV RB _ 65 advmod _ _ 65 reliable reliable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 parataxis _ _ 66 as as ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 67 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 68 , , PUNCT , _ 73 punct _ _ 69 while while SCONJ IN _ 73 mark _ _ 70 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 71 det _ _ 71 remainder remainder NOUN NN Number=Sing 73 nsubj _ _ 72 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 73 cop _ _ 73 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 65 conj _ _ 74 to to ADP IN _ 76 case _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 73 obl _ _ 77 and and CCONJ CC _ 79 cc _ _ 78 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 79 det _ _ 79 state state NOUN NN Number=Sing 76 conj _ _ 80 of of ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 81 society society NOUN NN Number=Sing 79 nmod _ _ 82 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 84 obj _ _ 83 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 84 advmod _ _ 84 obtained obtain VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 76 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 85 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **commit** | present · perfect | I | this error | | the first volume | | inasmuch *parataxis*; however *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent error=Theme in volume=Destination | | 2 | **not** **permit** | past · do-support | I | error | | | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **see** | to-infinitive · passive | I *not said here* | | | | | with sufficient clearness | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» | | 4 | **is** | present | sufficient clearness | | | | | the characters and chief events of the tale *nsubj*; absolutely, historic *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **is** | must · perfect | inasmuch's source | | | | | as the centuries | tree rules | | 6 | **succeed** | gerund | the centuries *not said here* | the floruerunt of that characters | | | | immediately *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **is** | present | | | | | | as history; reliable *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **is** | present | the remainder | | | | time | true *property* | tree rules | | 9 | **obtain** | past | | the times and the state of society | | | then | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset which=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 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/3/67/) - next →: [sentence 69](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/3/69/) - ↑ back to [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/3/)