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title: One of the chief objects of the triennial feis of Tara was the revis… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: One of the chief objects of the triennial feis of Tara was the revision of such records by the general assembly of the bards, under the presidency of the Ard-Ollav of Ireland. Who acts: One, general assembly. 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 56

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One of the chief objects of the triennial feis of Tara was the revision of such records by the general assembly of the bards, under the presidency of the Ard-Ollav of Ireland.

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**Who acts:** One, general assembly · **What happens:** be, record · **To what, where:** revision

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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 (One, general assembly), 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:pg8109:5:56
# text = One of the chief objects of the triennial feis of Tara was the revision of such records by the general assembly of the bards, under the presidency of the Ard-Ollav of Ireland.
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	chief	chief	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	objects	object	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	triennial	triennial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	feis	feis	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Tara	Tara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	revision	revision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	records	record	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
18	by	by	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	general	general	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	assembly	assembly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	bards	bard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
26	under	under	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	presidency	presidency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
31	Ard	Ard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	Ollav	Ollav	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | One of the chief objects of the triennial feis of Tara | the revision and the presidency of the Ard Ollav of Ireland |  |  |  | of such records by the general assembly of the bards; the presidency of the Ard Ollav of Ireland *conj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **record** |  | the general assembly of the bards |  |  |  |  |  | nom record «communication transitive»: by=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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