--- title: Thus released from the curb of history, he gave free rein to the ima… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: Thus released from the curb of history, he gave free rein to the imagination, and in the conventional literary language of sublimity, gave full expression to the feelings that arose within him, as to him, pondering over those ballads, their gigantesque element developed into a greatness and solemnit --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/5/20/) [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/pg8109/5/) / 20 # Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 5, sentence 20 Thus released from the curb of history, he gave free rein to the imagination, and in the conventional literary language of sublimity, gave full expression to the feelings that arose within him, as to him, pondering over those ballads, their gigantesque element developed into a greatness and solemnity, and their vagueness and indeterminateness into that misty immensity and weird obscurity which, as constituent factors in a poem, not as back-ground, form one of the elements of the false sublime. **Who acts:** MacPherson, feelings · **What happens:** release, give, arise, ponder, develop, form · **To what, where:** curb, free rein, imagination, conventional literary language, full expression, MacPherson This is a sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 5. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (MacPherson, feelings), 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:pg8109:5:20 # text = Thus released from the curb of history, he gave free rein to the imagination, and in the conventional literary language of sublimity, gave full expression to the feelings that arose within him, as to him, pondering over those ballads, their gigantesque element developed into a greatness and solemnity, and their vagueness and indeterminateness into that misty immensity and weird obscurity which, as constituent factors in a poem, not as back-ground, form one of the elements of the false sublime. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 released release VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 3 from from ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 curb curb NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 rein rein NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 imagination imagination NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 18 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 20 conventional conventional ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 21 literary literary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 sublimity sublimity NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 conj _ _ 27 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 expression expression NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 to to ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 feelings feeling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 obl _ _ 32 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 nsubj _ _ 33 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 34 within within ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 37 as as ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 pondering ponder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 26 advcl _ _ 42 over over ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 those that DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 44 ballads ballad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 48 nmod:poss _ _ 47 gigantesque gigantesque ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 element element NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 appos _ _ 49 developed develop VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 48 acl _ _ 50 into into ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 greatness greatness NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 54 cc _ _ 54 solemnity solemnity NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 55 , , PUNCT , _ 58 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 58 cc _ _ 57 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 vagueness vagueness NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 59 and and CCONJ CC _ 60 cc _ _ 60 indeterminateness indeterminateness NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 conj _ _ 61 into into ADP IN _ 64 case _ _ 62 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 64 det _ _ 63 misty misty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 64 amod _ _ 64 immensity immensity NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ _ 65 and and CCONJ CC _ 67 cc _ _ 66 weird weird ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 67 amod _ _ 67 obscurity obscurity NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 conj _ _ 68 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 72 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 72 punct _ _ 70 as as ADP IN _ 72 case _ _ 71 constituent constituent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 72 amod _ _ 72 factors factor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 64 parataxis _ _ 73 in in ADP IN _ 75 case _ _ 74 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 75 det _ _ 75 poem poem NOUN NN Number=Sing 72 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 76 , , PUNCT , _ 81 punct _ _ 77 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 81 advmod _ _ 78 as as ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 79 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 81 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 80 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 79 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 81 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 75 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 82 , , PUNCT , _ 83 punct _ _ 83 form form VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 84 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 83 obj _ _ 85 of of ADP IN _ 87 case _ _ 86 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 87 det _ _ 87 elements element NOUN NNS Number=Plur 84 nmod _ _ 88 of of ADP IN _ 91 case _ _ 89 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 91 det _ _ 90 false false ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 91 amod _ _ 91 sublime sublime NOUN NN Number=Sing 87 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 92 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **release** | participle | | | | the curb of history | | thus *property* | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Causer | | 2 | **give** | past | MacPherson | free rein | the imagination | the conventional literary language of sublimity | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent rein=Theme to imagination=Recipient | | 3 | **give** | past | MacPherson *not said here* | full expression | MacPherson | | | to the feelings | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient expression=Theme | | 4 | **arise** | past | the feelings | | | | | within MacPherson | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **ponder** | gerund | MacPherson *not said here* | ballads's vagueness and indeterminateness | | that ballads | | into that misty immensity as constituent factors that misty immensity as constituent factors that misty immensity in a poem and weird obscurity in a poem and weird obscurity | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **develop** | participle | | ballads's gigantesque element *not said here* | | a greatness and solemnity | | | vn grow-26.2.1 «NP.patient V PP.product»: agent=Patient into greatness=Product | | 7 | **form** | infinitive | MacPherson *not said here* | one of the elements of the false sublime | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location one=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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/5/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/5/21/) - ↑ back to [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/5/)