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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 5, sentence 35

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That idea, occurring in a separate paragraph in the middle of the page, though prevalent as a sentiment throughout all the conversations of Ossian with St. Patrick, has been, as it stands, taken from a meditation on life by St. Columbanus, one of the early Irish Saints--a meditation which, for subtle thought, for musical resigned sadness, tender brooding reflection, and exquisite Latin, is one of the masterpieces of mediaeval composition.

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**Who acts:** idea, tender, exquisite Latin, Ossian · **What happens:** occur, be, stand, take, resign, brood · **To what, where:** prevalent, separate paragraph, meditation, reflection, one

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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 (idea, tender, exquisite Latin, Ossian), 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:pg8109:5:35
# text = That idea, occurring in a separate paragraph in the middle of the page, though prevalent as a sentiment throughout all the conversations of Ossian with St. Patrick, has been, as it stands, taken from a meditation on life by St. Columbanus, one of the early Irish Saints--a meditation which, for subtle thought, for musical resigned sadness, tender brooding reflection, and exquisite Latin, is one of the masterpieces of mediaeval composition.
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	occurring	occur	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	separate	separate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	paragraph	paragraph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	page	page	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
17	prevalent	prevalent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
18	as	as	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	sentiment	sentiment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
21	throughout	throughout	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	24	det:predet	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	conversations	conversation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	Ossian	Ossian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
27	with	with	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	St.	St.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nmod:desc	_	_
29	Patrick	Patrick	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
31	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux	_	_
32	been	be	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
34	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
35	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	_	_
36	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	32	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
38	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	36	advcl	_	_
39	from	from	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	meditation	meditation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
42	on	on	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nmod	_	_
44	by	by	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	St.	St.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	nmod:desc	_	_
46	Columbanus	Columbanus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
48	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	46	appos	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
50	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
51	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
52	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
53	Saints	Saint	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	48	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	meditation	meditation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	appos	_	_
57	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	56	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
59	for	for	ADP	IN	_	61	case	_	_
60	subtle	subtle	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	61	amod	_	_
61	thought	thought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
62	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	66	punct	_	_
63	for	for	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
64	musical	musical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	66	amod	_	_
65	resigned	resign	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	66	amod	_	_
66	sadness	sadness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	61	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
68	tender	tender	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	conj	_	_
69	brooding	brood	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	68	acl	_	_
70	reflection	reflection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	69	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
71	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	77	punct	_	_
72	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	77	cc	_	_
73	exquisite	exquisite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	74	amod	_	_
74	Latin	Latin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	77	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
75	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	74	punct	_	_
76	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	77	cop	_	_
77	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	66	conj	_	_
78	of	of	ADP	IN	_	80	case	_	_
79	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	80	det	_	_
80	masterpieces	masterpiece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	77	nmod	_	_
81	of	of	ADP	IN	_	83	case	_	_
82	mediaeval	mediaeval	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	83	compound	_	_
83	composition	composition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	80	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
84	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	32	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occur** | gerund | that idea *not said here* | prevalent as a sentiment |  | a separate paragraph in the middle of the page | throughout all conversations of Ossian with Patrick  St. |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in paragraph=Location |
| 2 | **be** | present · perfect | that idea |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **stand** | present | idea |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **take** | participle | idea *not said here* |  |  | a meditation on life |  | by Columbanus  St. | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from meditation=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **resign** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **brood** | gerund | tender *not said here* | reflection |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **is a** | present | exquisite Latin | one |  |  |  | of the masterpieces of mediaeval composition | tree rules |
| 8 | **converse** |  | Ossian with Patrick  St. |  |  |  |  |  | nom conversation «communication intransitive»: of=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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