--- title: That the Irish kings and heroes should succeed one another, surround… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: That the Irish kings and heroes should succeed one another, surrounded by a blaze of bardic light, in which both themselves and all those who were contemporaneous with them are seen clearly and distinctly, was natural in a country where in each little realm or sub-kingdom the ard-ollav was equal in --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/3/76/) [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/) / 76 # Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3, sentence 76 That the Irish kings and heroes should succeed one another, surrounded by a blaze of bardic light, in which both themselves and all those who were contemporaneous with them are seen clearly and distinctly, was natural in a country where in each little realm or sub-kingdom the ard-ollav was equal in dignity to the king, which is proved by the equivalence of their cries. **Who acts:** That, little realm, equivalence, bardic light, realm · **What happens:** succeed, surround, be, see, prove, blaze · **To what, where:** one, country, dignity, king 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 (That, little realm, equivalence, bardic light), 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:pg8109:3:76 # text = That the Irish kings and heroes should succeed one another, surrounded by a blaze of bardic light, in which both themselves and all those who were contemporaneous with them are seen clearly and distinctly, was natural in a country where in each little realm or sub-kingdom the ard-ollav was equal in dignity to the king, which is proved by the equivalence of their cries. 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 nsubj _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Irish Irish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 heroes hero NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 7 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 succeed succeed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 obj _ _ 10 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 9 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 conj _ _ 13 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 blaze blaze NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:agent _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 bardic bardic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 obl _ _ 22 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 23 nsubj _ _ 23 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 21 obl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 25 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 26 det:predet _ _ 26 those that PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 23 conj _ _ 27 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 29 nsubj _ _ 28 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 cop _ _ 29 contemporaneous contemporaneous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 acl:relcl _ _ 30 with with ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 obl _ _ 32 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 parataxis _ _ 34 clearly clearly ADV RB _ 33 advmod _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 distinctly distinctly ADV RB _ 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 cop _ _ 39 natural natural ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ _ 40 in in ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 55 advmod _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 47 det _ _ 46 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 realm realm NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 48 or or CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 sub-kingdom sub-kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 51 ard ard NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 52 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 51 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 53 ollav ollav NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 nsubj _ _ 54 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 55 cop _ _ 55 equal equal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 56 in in ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 dignity dignity NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obl _ _ 58 to to ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 59 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 60 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 57 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 62 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 64 nsubj:pass _ _ 63 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 64 aux:pass _ _ 64 proved prove VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 60 acl:relcl _ _ 65 by by ADP IN _ 67 case _ _ 66 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 67 det _ _ 67 equivalence equivalence NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 obl _ _ 68 of of ADP IN _ 70 case _ _ 69 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 70 nmod:poss _ _ 70 cries cry NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 71 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **succeed** | should | That | one | | | | the Irish kings and heroes *nsubj* | tree rules | | 2 | **surround** | participle | That *not said here* | | | | | a blaze of bardic light *obl:agent* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **is** | past | | | | | | with heroes *= hero*; who *nsubj*; contemporaneous *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **see** | present · passive | | | | | | which heroes *obl*; clearly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V» | | 5 | **is** | past | | | | a country | | natural *property* | tree rules | | 6 | **is** | past | each little realm or sub-kingdom | | | dignity to the king | | the ard ollav *nsubj*; equal *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **prove** | present · passive | the equivalence of realm's cries | the king | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 8 | **blaze** | | bardic light | | | | | | nom blaze «process intransitive»: of=agent | | 9 | **cry** | | realm | | | | | | nom cry «communication intransitive»: poss=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 75](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/3/75/) - next →: [sentence 77](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/3/77/) - ↑ back to [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/3/)