--- title: Under the dramatic image of Ossian wrangling with the Talkend, [Note… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: Under the dramatic image of Ossian wrangling with the Talkend, [Note: St. Patrick, on account of the tonsured crown.] the bards, themselves vainly fighting against the Christian life, a hundred times repeat through the lips of Ossian like a refrain-- Who acts: dramatic image, Courage, hundred times. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/4/94/) [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/) / 94 # Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 4, sentence 94 Under the dramatic image of Ossian wrangling with the Talkend, \[Note: St. Patrick, on account of the tonsured crown.\] the bards, themselves vainly fighting against the Christian life, a hundred times repeat through the lips of Ossian like a refrain-- **Who acts:** dramatic image, Courage, hundred times · **What happens:** wrangle, tonsure, fight, repeat, image, account · **To what, where:** dramatic image, lips, Ossian, tonsured crown 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 (dramatic image, Courage, hundred times), 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:pg8109:4:94 # text = Under the dramatic image of Ossian wrangling with the Talkend, [Note: St. Patrick, on account of the tonsured crown.] the bards, themselves vainly fighting against the Christian life, a hundred times repeat through the lips of Ossian like a refrain-- 1 Under under ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 dramatic dramatic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 image image NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Ossian Ossian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 7 wrangling wrangle VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 Talkend Talkend PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 13 Note note NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 14 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ 15 St. St. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 nmod:desc _ _ 16 Patrick Patrick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 18 on on ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 appos _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 tonsured tonsure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 amod _ _ 23 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 16 punct _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 bards bard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 29 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 31 nsubj _ _ 30 vainly vainly ADV RB _ 31 advmod _ _ 31 fighting fight VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 32 against against ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 37 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 39 nummod _ _ 39 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 nsubj _ _ 40 repeat repeat VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 31 conj _ _ 41 through through ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 lips lip NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 Ossian Ossian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 nmod _ _ 46 like like ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 refrain refrain NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 -- -- PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wrangle** | gerund | the dramatic image of Ossian Patrick St. the bards *not said here* | | | | | with the Talkend | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with talkend=Co-Agent | | 2 | **tonsure** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **fight** | gerund | Courage | | | the dramatic image of Ossian Patrick St. the bards | | against the Christian life; vainly *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **repeat** | present | hundred times | | | the lips of Ossian like a refrain | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 5 | **image** | | | Ossian | | | | | nom image «cognition transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **account** | | | the tonsured crown | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/4/93/) - next →: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/4/95/) - ↑ back to [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/4/)