--- title: | ro sair | an cuct | "He, Fionn MacCool, learned the three composit… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: | ro sair | an cuct | "He, Fionn MacCool, learned the three compositions which distinguish the poets, the TEINM LAEGHA, the IMUS OF OSNA, and the DICEDUE DICCENAIB, and it was then Fionn composed this poem to prove his poetry." Who acts: ro sair, three compositions, sair. 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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 (ro sair, three compositions, sair), 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:pg8109:4:79 # text = | ro sair | an cuct | "He, Fionn MacCool, learned the three compositions which distinguish the poets, the TEINM LAEGHA, the IMUS OF OSNA, and the DICEDUE DICCENAIB, and it was then Fionn composed this poem to prove his poetry." 1 | | PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ _ 2 ro ro NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 sair sair NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 4 | | ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 cuct cuct NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 | | NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 8 " " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 11 Fionn Fionn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 conj _ _ 12 MacCool MacCool PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 14 learned learn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 17 nummod _ _ 17 compositions composition NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ 18 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 nsubj _ _ 19 distinguish distinguish VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 acl:relcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 poets poet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 TEINM TEINM PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 LAEGHA LAEGHA PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 IMUS IMUS PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 conj _ _ 29 OF of ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 OSNA OSNA PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 DICEDUE DICEDUE PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 compound _ _ 35 DICCENAIB DICCENAIB PROPN NNP Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 37 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 38 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 42 nsubj _ _ 39 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 cop _ _ 40 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 42 advmod _ _ 41 Fionn Fionn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 42 composed compose VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 43 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 44 poem poem NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 to to PART TO _ 46 mark _ _ 46 prove prove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 advcl _ _ 47 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 48 poetry poetry NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 50 " " PUNCT '' _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** *in a quote* | past | ro sair \| a cuct \| | the three compositions | | | | the DICEDUE DICCENAIB *obl* | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent composition=Topic | | 2 | **distinguish** *in a quote* | present | the three compositions | the poets the TEINM LAEGHA and the IMUS of OSNA | | | | | vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Attribute poet=Theme | | 3 | **is** *in a quote* | past | sair | | | | then | Fionn *nsubj*; this poem *obj*; compose *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **prove** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | sair *not said here* | father's poetry | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poetry=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 78](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/4/78/) - next →: [sentence 80](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/4/80/) - ↑ back to [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/4/)