--- title: This being so, how have the English literary classes recognised, or… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: This being so, how have the English literary classes recognised, or how treated, our claim to the possession of an antique literature of peculiar historical interest, and by reason of that antiquity, a matter of concern to all Aryan nations? Who acts: This, our, concern. A sentence of «Early Bardic --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/4/44/) [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/) / 44 # Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 4, sentence 44 This being so, how have the English literary classes recognised, or how treated, our claim to the possession of an antique literature of peculiar historical interest, and by reason of that antiquity, a matter of concern to all Aryan nations? **Who acts:** This, our, concern · **What happens:** be, recognise, treat, claim, possess, matter · **To what, where:** English literary classes, claim, antique literature 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 (This, our, concern), 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:pg8109:4:44 # text = This being so, how have the English literary classes recognised, or how treated, our claim to the possession of an antique literature of peculiar historical interest, and by reason of that antiquity, a matter of concern to all Aryan nations? 1 This this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 nsubj _ _ 2 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 cop _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 6 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 8 English English ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 9 literary literary NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 classes class NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 11 recognised recognise VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 or or CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 14 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 15 advmod _ _ 15 treated treat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 claim claim NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 19 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 possession possession NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nmod _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 antique antique ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 literature literature NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 peculiar peculiar NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 compound _ _ 28 historical historical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 36 det _ _ 36 antiquity antiquity NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 appos _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 concern concern NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 45 det _ _ 44 Aryan Aryan ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 nations nation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ? ? PUNCT . _ 15 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | This | | | | | so *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **recognise** | participle | | the English literary classes *not said here* | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **treat** | present · perfect | | our claim and reason of that antiquity | | | | to the possession of a antique literature of peculiar historical interest | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent claim=Theme to possession=be' | | 4 | **claim** | | our | | | | | to the possession of a antique literature of peculiar historical interest | nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent to=obl | | 5 | **possess** | | | a antique literature of peculiar historical interest | | | | | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **matter** | | concern to all Aryan nations | | | | | | nom matter «cognition intransitive»: of=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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/4/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/4/45/) - ↑ back to [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/4/)