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title: Mr. Carlyle is the first man of letters of the day, his the highest… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: Mr. Carlyle is the first man of letters of the day, his the highest name as a critic upon, and historian of, the past life of Europe. Who acts: Carlyle. A sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 4, with its dependency tree and the 
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 4, sentence 52

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Mr. Carlyle is the first man of letters of the day, his the highest name as a critic upon, and historian of, the past life of Europe.

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**Who acts:** Carlyle · **What happens:** be, letter, name · **To what, where:** first man, day

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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 (Carlyle), 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:pg8109:4:52
# text = Mr. Carlyle is the first man of letters of the day, his the highest name as a critic upon, and historian of, the past life of Europe.
1	Mr.	Mr.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod:desc	_	_
2	Carlyle	Carlyle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	highest	high	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	16	amod	_	_
16	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
17	as	as	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	critic	critic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
20	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	historian	historian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	past	past	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Carlyle  Mr. | the first man and Carlyle's highest name as a critic and historian and the past life of Europe |  |  |  | of letters of the day; Carlyle's highest name as a critic *conj*; historian *conj*; the past life of Europe *conj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **letter** |  |  | the day |  |  |  |  | nom letter «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **name** |  | Carlyle |  |  |  |  | as a critic | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent as=obl |

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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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