--- title: Again, a close study of its contents, as of the contents of all the… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: Again, a close study of its contents, as of the contents of all the Irish historic tales, proves that in its present form, whenever that form was superadded, it is but a representation in prose of a pre-existing metrical original. Who acts: close study, form, study. A sentence of «Early Bardic Liter --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/4/37/) [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/pg8109/4/) / 37 # Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 4, sentence 37 Again, a close study of its contents, as of the contents of all the Irish historic tales, proves that in its present form, whenever that form was superadded, it is but a representation in prose of a pre-existing metrical original. **Who acts:** close study, form, study · **What happens:** prove, superadd, be, study, form · **To what, where:** form, representation, prose, contents 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 (close study, form, study), 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:pg8109:4:37 # text = Again, a close study of its contents, as of the contents of all the Irish historic tales, proves that in its present form, whenever that form was superadded, it is but a representation in prose of a pre-existing metrical original. 1 Again again ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 study study NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 contents contents NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 10 as as ADP IN ExtPos=ADP 13 case _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 10 fixed _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 contents contents NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 8 conj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 15 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 19 det:predet _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 17 Irish Irish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 18 historic historic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 tales tale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 21 proves prove VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 22 that that SCONJ IN _ 26 mark _ _ 23 in in ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 24 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 25 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 whenever whenever ADV WRB PronType=Rel 32 advmod _ _ 29 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 30 det _ _ 30 form form NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 superadded superadd VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 34 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 38 nsubj _ _ 35 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 38 cop _ _ 36 but but CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 representation representation NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 39 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 prose prose NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 42 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 43 pre-existing pre-existing ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 44 metrical metrical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 original original NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **prove** | present | a close study of study's contents and the contents of all Irish historic tales | | | | again | study's present form *ccomp* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **superadd** | past · passive | | that form | | | | whenever *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** | present | form | a representation | | prose | | of a pre-existing metrical original | tree rules | | 4 | **study** | | | study's contents and the contents of all Irish historic tales | | | | | nom study «act transitive»: of=patient | | 5 | **form** | | study | | | | | | nom form «communication transitive»: 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 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/4/36/) - next →: [sentence 38](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/4/38/) - ↑ back to [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/4/)