--- title: I think that I do not exaggerate when I say that the majority of edu… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: I think that I do not exaggerate when I say that the majority of educated Irishmen would feel grateful to the man who informed them that the history of their country was valueless and unworthy of study, that the pre-Christian history was a myth, the post-Christian mere annals, the mediaeval a scuffl --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/4/6/) [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/) / 6 # Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 4, sentence 6 I think that I do not exaggerate when I say that the majority of educated Irishmen would feel grateful to the man who informed them that the history of their country was valueless and unworthy of study, that the pre-Christian history was a myth, the post-Christian mere annals, the mediaeval a scuffling of kites and crows, and the modern alone deserving of some slight consideration. **Who acts:** I, majority, man, history, pre-Christian history · **What happens:** think, not exaggerate, say, feel, inform, be · **To what, where:** Irishmen, myth · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (I, majority, man, history), 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:pg8109:4:6 # text = I think that I do not exaggerate when I say that the majority of educated Irishmen would feel grateful to the man who informed them that the history of their country was valueless and unworthy of study, that the pre-Christian history was a myth, the post-Christian mere annals, the mediaeval a scuffling of kites and crows, and the modern alone deserving of some slight consideration. 1 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 exaggerate exaggerate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 8 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 10 advmod _ _ 9 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 majority majority NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 nsubj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 educated educated ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 Irishmen irishman NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 17 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 feel feel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 ccomp _ _ 19 grateful grateful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 xcomp _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 23 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 24 informed inform VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 iobj _ _ 26 that that SCONJ IN _ 33 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 nsubj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 cop _ _ 33 valueless valueless ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 ccomp _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 unworthy unworthy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 33 conj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 study study NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 39 that that SCONJ IN _ 45 mark _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 pre-Christian pre-christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 43 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 45 cop _ _ 44 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 myth myth NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 50 punct _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 50 det _ _ 48 post-Christian post-christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 49 mere mere ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 50 amod _ _ 50 annals annal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 52 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 53 det _ _ 53 mediaeval mediaeval NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 conj _ _ 54 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 scuffling scuffling NOUN NN Number=Sing 53 appos _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 kites kite NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nmod _ _ 58 and and CCONJ CC _ 59 cc _ _ 59 crows crow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 57 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 60 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 61 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 62 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 64 det _ _ 63 modern modern ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 alone alone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 parataxis _ _ 65 deserving deserve VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 64 advcl _ _ 66 of of ADP IN _ 69 case _ _ 67 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 69 det _ _ 68 slight slight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 69 amod _ _ 69 consideration consideration NOUN NN Number=Sing 65 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 70 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | present | I | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **not** **exaggerate** | present · do-support | I | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | I | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **feel** | would | the majority of educated Irishmen | | | | | grateful *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 5 | **inform** *speech: other* | past | the man | | Irishmen *= irishman* | | | | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient | | 6 | **is** | past | the history of Irishmen's country | | | | | valueless *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **be** | | the history of Irishmen's country *not said here* | | | | | of study | tree rules | | 8 | **is a** | past | the pre-Christian history | a myth and the post-Christian mere annals and the mediaeval | | | | the post-Christian mere annals *conj*; the mediaeval *conj* | tree rules | | 9 | **deserve** | gerund | the pre-Christian history *not said here* | | | | | of some slight consideration | 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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/4/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/4/7/) - ↑ back to [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/4/)