--- title: Of each of these ages, the primary impressions were made in the bard… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: Of each of these ages, the primary impressions were made in the bardic mind during the life-time of the heroes who gave to the epoch its character; and a strong impression made in such a mind could not have been easily dissipated or obscured. Who acts: heroes. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (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:pg8109:5:44 # text = Of each of these ages, the primary impressions were made in the bardic mind during the life-time of the heroes who gave to the epoch its character; and a strong impression made in such a mind could not have been easily dissipated or obscured. 1 Of of ADP IN _ 2 case _ _ 2 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 11 obl _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 ages age NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 primary primary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 impressions impression NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 12 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 bardic bardic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 16 during during ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 18 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 19 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 21 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 heroes hero NOUN NNS Number=Plur 20 nmod _ _ 24 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 25 nsubj _ _ 25 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 acl:relcl _ _ 26 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 epoch epoch NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl _ _ 29 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 character character NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 46 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 46 cc _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 impression impression NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 35 acl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 40 det:predet _ _ 39 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 mind mind NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 41 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 42 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 46 advmod _ _ 43 have have AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 46 aux _ _ 44 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 46 aux:pass _ _ 45 easily easily ADV RB _ 46 advmod _ _ 46 dissipated dissipate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 conj _ _ 47 or or CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 48 obscured obscure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 46 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past · passive | | the primary impressions | | the bardic mind | time | of each of this ages | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 2 | **give** | past | the heroes | | the epoch | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to epoch=Recipient | | 3 | **make** | participle | | a strong impression *not said here* | | such mind | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 4 | **not** **dissipate** | could · perfect · passive | | a strong impression | | | | easily *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **obscure** | participle | | | | | | | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=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 43](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/5/43/) - next →: [sentence 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/5/45/) - ↑ back to [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/5/)