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title: Of some such error as MacPherson's I have myself, with less excuse,… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: Of some such error as MacPherson's I have myself, with less excuse, been guilty, in chapters xi. and xii., Vol. I., where I attempt to give some conception of the character of the Ossianic cycle. Who acts: I. A sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Early Bardic Literat
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 5, sentence 28

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Of some such error as MacPherson's I have myself, with less excuse, been guilty, in chapters xi. and xii., Vol. I., where I attempt to give some conception of the character of the Ossianic cycle.

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**Who acts:** I · **What happens:** have, be, attempt, give, conceive · **To what, where:** myself, chapters xi, conception, character

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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 (I), 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:pg8109:5:28
# text = Of some such error as MacPherson's I have myself, with less excuse, been guilty, in chapters xi. and xii., Vol. I., where I attempt to give some conception of the character of the Ossianic cycle.
1	Of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
3	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	MacPherson	MacPherson	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	myself	myself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	14	amod	_	_
14	excuse	excuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	17	cop	_	_
17	guilty	guilty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	chapters	chapter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	compound	_	_
21	xi	xi	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	xii	xii	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	Vol.	Vol.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	compound	_	_
28	I.	I.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
30	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	32	advmod	_	_
31	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
32	attempt	attempt	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	acl:relcl	_	_
33	to	to	PART	TO	_	34	mark	_	_
34	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	xcomp	_	_
35	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	36	det	_	_
36	conception	conception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
42	Ossianic	Ossianic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	compound	_	_
43	cycle	cycle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | I | myself |  |  |  | of some such error as MacPherson; less excuse *parataxis*; Vol. I. *parataxis* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent myself=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | participle |  |  |  | chapters xi |  | xii *conj*; guilty *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **attempt** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **give** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | some conception of the character of the Ossianic cycle |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conception=Theme |
| 5 | **conceive** |  |  | the character of the Ossianic cycle |  |  |  |  | nom conception «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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