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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 5, sentence 25

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He declared that to be a translation which was original work, thus relegating himself for ever to a dubious renown, and depriving his country of the honest fame of having preserved through centuries, by mere oral transmission, a portion, at least, of the antique Irish literature.

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**Who acts:** MacPherson, translation, honest fame · **What happens:** declare, be, relegate, deprive, have, preserve · **To what, where:** that, translation, original work, MacPherson, country

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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, translation, honest fame), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg8109:5:25
# text = He declared that to be a translation which was original work, thus relegating himself for ever to a dubious renown, and depriving his country of the honest fame of having preserved through centuries, by mere oral transmission, a portion, at least, of the antique Irish literature.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	declared	declare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	translation	translation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	xcomp	_	_
8	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	original	original	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	relegating	relegate	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
15	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	14	obj	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	14	obl	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	dubious	dubious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	renown	renown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	depriving	deprive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	fame	fame	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	_
31	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	32	mark	_	_
32	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	30	acl	_	_
33	preserved	preserve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	32	xcomp	_	_
34	through	through	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	centuries	century	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
37	by	by	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
38	mere	mere	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
39	oral	oral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	transmission	transmission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
42	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	portion	portion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
45	at	at	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	least	least	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	52	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
48	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
50	antique	antique	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
51	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	literature	literature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | past | MacPherson | that |  |  |  | the antique Irish literature at least *parataxis* | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Attribute |
| 2 | **is a** | to-infinitive | MacPherson *not said here* | a translation |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** | past | a translation | original work |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **relegate** | gerund | MacPherson *not said here* | MacPherson |  |  |  | to a dubious renown; thus *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **deprive** | gerund | MacPherson *not said here* | MacPherson's country of the honest fame |  |  |  | by mere oral transmission and a portion | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Source |
| 6 | **have** | gerund | the honest fame *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **preserve** | participle | the honest fame *not said here* |  |  |  | century |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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**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.

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