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title: All have been forgotten for the sake of a vague representation of th… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 5, sentence 31

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All have been forgotten for the sake of a vague representation of the more sublime aspects of the cycle, and the meretricious seductions of a form of composition easy to write and easy to read, and to which the unwary or unwise often award praise to which it has no claim.

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**Who acts:** cycle · **What happens:** forget, write, read, award, have, represent · **To what, where:** All, unwary, claim, more sublime aspects, form, composition

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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 (cycle), 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:pg8109:5:31
# text = All have been forgotten for the sake of a vague representation of the more sublime aspects of the cycle, and the meretricious seductions of a form of composition easy to write and easy to read, and to which the unwary or unwise often award praise to which it has no claim.
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	forgotten	forget	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sake	sake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	vague	vague	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	representation	representation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	16	amod	_	_
15	sublime	sublime	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	aspects	aspect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	cycle	cycle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	meretricious	meretricious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	seductions	seduction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	nsubj	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	composition	composition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	_
30	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	_
31	to	to	PART	TO	_	32	mark	_	_
32	write	write	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	xcomp	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
34	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	conj	_	_
35	to	to	PART	TO	_	36	mark	_	_
36	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
39	to	to	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	46	obl	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
42	unwary	unwary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	obl	_	_
43	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	unwise	unwise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	conj	_	_
45	often	often	ADV	RB	_	46	advmod	_	_
46	award	award	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
47	praise	praise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obj	_	_
48	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	51	mark	_	_
49	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	51	obj	_	_
50	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	_
51	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	46	advcl	_	_
52	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	53	det	_	_
53	claim	claim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | present · perfect · passive |  | All |  |  |  | for the sake of a vague representation of the more sublime aspects of the cycle | tree rules |
| 2 | **write** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **read** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **award** | present |  | unwary |  |  |  | which *obl*; praise *obj*; often *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent praise=Theme to which=Goal |
| 5 | **have** | present | cycle | no claim |  |  |  | which *obj* | tree rules |
| 6 | **represent** |  |  | the more sublime aspects of the cycle |  |  |  |  | nom representation «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 7 | **seduce** |  |  | a form of composition |  |  |  |  | nom seduction «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 8 | **form** |  |  | composition |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication 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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