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description: In the publications of the Irish Ossianic poetry we see what that poetry really was--rude, homely, plain-spoken, leagues removed from the nebulous sublimity of MacPherson. Who acts: we, poetry. A sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., 
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 4, sentence 16

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In the publications of the Irish Ossianic poetry we see what that poetry really was--rude, homely, plain-spoken, leagues removed from the nebulous sublimity of MacPherson.

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**Who acts:** we, poetry · **What happens:** see, be, speak, remove, publish · **To what, where:** Irish Ossianic poetry, rude, publications, leagues, nebulous sublimity · **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 4. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, poetry), 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:pg8109:4:16
# text = In the publications of the Irish Ossianic poetry we see what that poetry really was--rude, homely, plain-spoken, leagues removed from the nebulous sublimity of MacPherson.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	publications	publication	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	Ossianic	Ossianic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	poetry	poetry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	15	obj	_	_
12	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
13	poetry	poetry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	really	really	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	was	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	homely	homely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	spoken	speak	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	leagues	league	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	parataxis	_	_
26	removed	remove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	acl	_	_
27	from	from	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	nebulous	nebulous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	sublimity	sublimity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	MacPherson	MacPherson	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | we | the Irish Ossianic poetry *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** | past | that poetry |  |  |  |  | what *obj* | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
| 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | participle · passive |  | rude |  | the publications of the Irish Ossianic poetry |  | leagues *parataxis* | tree rules |
| 4 | **remove** | participle |  | leagues *not said here* |  | the nebulous sublimity of MacPherson |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from sublimity=Source |
| 5 | **publish** |  |  | the Irish Ossianic poetry |  |  |  |  | nom publication «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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