--- title: Rude indeed it is, but like the hills which its authors tenanted wit… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: Rude indeed it is, but like the hills which its authors tenanted with gods, holding dells [Note: Those sacred hills will generally be found to have this character.] of the most perfect beauty, springs of the most touching pathos. Who acts: hills, authors, Note, sacred hills. 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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 (hills, authors, Note, sacred hills), 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:pg8109:4:64 # text = Rude indeed it is, but like the hills which its authors tenanted with gods, holding dells [Note: Those sacred hills will generally be found to have this character.] of the most perfect beauty, springs of the most touching pathos. 1 Rude rude ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 indeed indeed ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 6 but but CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 like like ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 10 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 11 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 authors author NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ _ 13 tenanted tenant VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 17 holding hold VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 12 acl _ _ 18 dells dell NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obj _ _ 19 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 Note note NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 : : PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 22 Those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 24 det _ _ 23 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 26 generally generally ADV RB _ 28 advmod _ _ 27 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl:relcl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 32 det _ _ 32 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 12 punct _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 37 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 38 advmod _ _ 38 perfect perfect ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 beauty beauty NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 springs spring NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 44 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 45 advmod _ _ 45 touching touch VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 46 amod _ _ 46 pathos patho NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | the hills of the perfect beauty and springs of the touching pathos *conj*; rude *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **author** | | the hills of the perfect beauty and springs of the touching pathos | | | | | literature *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 3 | **tenant** | participle | | literature's authors *not said here* | | | | with gods | tree rules | | 4 | **hold** | gerund | literature's authors *not said here* | dells and Note | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dell=Theme | | 5 | **find** | future · passive | Note *not said here* | that sacred hills | | | | generally *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme | | 6 | **have** | to-infinitive | that sacred hills *not said here* | this character | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent character=Patient | | 7 | **touch** | gerund | | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 63](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/4/63/) - next →: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/4/65/) - ↑ back to [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/4/)