--- title: Moreover, this epic is but a portion of the great Ultonian or Red Br… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: Moreover, this epic is but a portion of the great Ultonian or Red Branch cycle, all the parts of which pre-suppose and support one another; and that cycle is itself a portion of the history of Ireland, and pre-supposes other preceding and succeeding cyles, preceding and succeeding kings. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (epic, parts, cycle), 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:pg8109:4:41 # text = Moreover, this epic is but a portion of the great Ultonian or Red Branch cycle, all the parts of which pre-suppose and support one another; and that cycle is itself a portion of the history of Ireland, and pre-supposes other preceding and succeeding cyles, preceding and succeeding kings. 1 Moreover moreover ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 4 epic epic NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 Ultonian Ultonian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 13 or or CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 Red Red PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ 15 Branch Branch PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 flat _ _ 16 cycle cycle NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 18 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 20 det:predet _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 parts part NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ _ 23 pre-suppose pre-suppose VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 acl:relcl _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 support support VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 23 conj _ _ 26 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 25 obj _ _ 27 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 26 fixed _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 30 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 31 cycle cycle NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 32 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 35 cop _ _ 33 itself itself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 35 obl:unmarked _ _ 34 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 portion portion NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 conj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 40 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 pre-supposes pre-suppos VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 44 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 preceding precede VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 43 advcl _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 succeeding succeed VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 conj _ _ 48 cyles cyle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 50 preceding precede VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 45 conj _ _ 51 and and CCONJ CC _ 52 cc _ _ 52 succeeding succeed VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 50 conj _ _ 53 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | this epic | portion cycle and a portion | | | | all parts *nmod*; moreover *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **pre-suppose** | present | all parts | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **support** | present | all parts *not said here* | one | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus | | 4 | **is a** | present | that cycle | a portion | | | | of the history of Ireland; part *obl:unmarked* | tree rules | | 5 | **pre-suppos** | present | this epic *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **precede** | gerund | this epic *not said here* | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **succeed** | gerund | this epic *not said here* | cyles | | | | | tree rules | | 8 | **precede** | gerund | this epic *not said here* | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 9 | **succeed** | gerund | this epic *not said here* | kings | | | | | tree rules | 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 40](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/4/40/) - next →: [sentence 42](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/4/42/) - ↑ back to [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/4/)