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title: That the tale was, in his time, an ancient one, is therefore rendere… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: That the tale was, in his time, an ancient one, is therefore rendered extremely probable, the scribe himself indicating how completely out of sympathy he is with this form of literature, its antiquity and peculiar archaeological interest being, doubtless, the cause of the transcription. Who acts: ta
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 4, sentence 36

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That the tale was, in his time, an ancient one, is therefore rendered extremely probable, the scribe himself indicating how completely out of sympathy he is with this form of literature, its antiquity and peculiar archaeological interest being, doubtless, the cause of the transcription.

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**Who acts:** tale, scribe, subject · **What happens:** be, render, indicate, cause · **To what, where:** time, sympathy, transcription

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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 (tale, scribe, subject), 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:pg8109:4:36
# text = That the tale was, in his time, an ancient one, is therefore rendered extremely probable, the scribe himself indicating how completely out of sympathy he is with this form of literature, its antiquity and peculiar archaeological interest being, doubtless, the cause of the transcription.
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tale	tale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
15	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	rendered	render	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl:relcl	_	_
17	extremely	extremely	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	probable	probable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	scribe	scribe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	parataxis	_	_
22	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	21	nmod:unmarked	_	_
23	indicating	indicate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	21	acl	_	_
24	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	25	advmod	_	_
25	completely	completely	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
26	out	out	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	sympathy	sympathy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	_
29	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
30	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	33	cop	_	_
31	with	with	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	33	det	_	_
33	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	literature	literature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
37	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	antiquity	antiquity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	parataxis	_	_
39	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
40	peculiar	peculiar	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	conj	_	_
41	archaeological	archaeological	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	conj	_	_
43	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	42	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
45	doubtless	doubtless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	parataxis	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
51	transcription	transcription	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | that tale |  |  |  | in subject's time | subject *nmod:poss*; a ancient one *parataxis*; the scribe  subject *parataxis*; literature's antiquity and peculiar and archaeological interest *parataxis*; the cause of the transcription *parataxis* | tree rules |
| 2 | **render** | present · passive |  | subject's time *not said here* |  |  |  | probable, therefore *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient» |
| 3 | **indicate** | gerund | the scribe  subject *not said here* |  |  |  |  | completely *property* | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **is** | present | subject |  |  | sympathy |  | with this form; of literature | tree rules |
| 5 | **cause** |  |  | the transcription |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event 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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