--- title: The age and the heroes around whom that cycle revolves have, in the… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: The age and the heroes around whom that cycle revolves have, in the history of Ireland, a definite position in time; their battles, characters, several achievements, relationships, and pedigrees; their Duns, and trysting-places, and tombs; their wives, musicians, and bards; their tributes, and suffe --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/5/29/) [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/) / 29 # Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 5, sentence 29 The age and the heroes around whom that cycle revolves have, in the history of Ireland, a definite position in time; their battles, characters, several achievements, relationships, and pedigrees; their Duns, and trysting-places, and tombs; their wives, musicians, and bards; their tributes, and sufferings, and triumphs; their internecine and other wars--are all fully and clearly described in the Ossianic cycle. **Who acts:** cycle, age, heroes · **What happens:** revolve, have, tryst, be, describe, battle · **To what, where:** history, internecine, Ossianic cycle 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 (cycle, age, heroes), 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:pg8109:5:29 # text = The age and the heroes around whom that cycle revolves have, in the history of Ireland, a definite position in time; their battles, characters, several achievements, relationships, and pedigrees; their Duns, and trysting-places, and tombs; their wives, musicians, and bards; their tributes, and sufferings, and triumphs; their internecine and other wars--are all fully and clearly described in the Ossianic cycle. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 heroes hero NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 6 around around ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 whom whom PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nmod _ _ 8 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 9 cycle cycle NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 revolves revolve VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 acl:relcl _ _ 11 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 definite definite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 position position NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 conj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 25 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 battles battle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 characters character NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 achievements achievement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 33 relationships relationship NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 pedigrees pedigree NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 Duns dun NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 41 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 42 trysting tryst VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 44 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 42 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 tombs tomb NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 ; ; PUNCT : _ 50 punct _ _ 49 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 50 nmod:poss _ _ 50 wives wife NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 51 , , PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ 52 musicians musician NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 53 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 54 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 55 bards bard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 50 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 56 ; ; PUNCT : _ 58 punct _ _ 57 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 tributes tribute NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 59 , , PUNCT , _ 61 punct _ _ 60 and and CCONJ CC _ 61 cc _ _ 61 sufferings suffering NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 62 , , PUNCT , _ 64 punct _ _ 63 and and CCONJ CC _ 64 cc _ _ 64 triumphs triumph NOUN NNS Number=Plur 58 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 65 ; ; PUNCT : _ 67 punct _ _ 66 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 67 nmod:poss _ _ 67 internecine internecine NOUN NN Number=Sing 58 conj _ _ 68 and and CCONJ CC _ 70 cc _ _ 69 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 70 amod _ _ 70 wars war NOUN NNS Number=Plur 67 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 71 -- -- PUNCT , _ 74 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 72 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 74 cop _ _ 73 all all ADV RB _ 74 advmod _ _ 74 fully fully ADV RB _ 77 advmod _ _ 75 and and CCONJ CC _ 76 cc _ _ 76 clearly clearly ADV RB _ 74 conj _ _ 77 described describe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 67 acl _ _ 78 in in ADP IN _ 81 case _ _ 79 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 81 det _ _ 80 Ossianic Ossianic PROPN NNP Number=Sing 81 compound _ _ 81 cycle cycle NOUN NN Number=Sing 77 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 82 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **revolve** | present | that cycle | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **have** | present | the age and the heroes around the age and the heroes around the age | the history of Ireland and a definite position in time | | | | heroes's battles and characters and several achievements and relationships and pedigrees *parataxis*; pedigrees's Duns and trysting places and tombs and tombs's wives and musicians and bards *parataxis*; bard's tributes and sufferings and triumphs and triumphs's internecine and other wars *parataxis* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent history=Patient | | 3 | **tryst** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** | present | | | | | | all, fully *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **describe** | participle | | triumphs's internecine and other wars *not said here* | | the Ossianic cycle | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **battle** | | heroes *= hero* | | | | | | nom battle «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/5/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/5/30/) - ↑ back to [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/5/)