--- title: In a poem [Note: O'Curry's Manners and Customs, Vol. I., page 543.],… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: In a poem [Note: O'Curry's Manners and Customs, Vol. I., page 543.], descriptive of the fair [Note: On the full meaning of this word "fair," see Chap. xiii., Vol. I.] of Garman, we see this-- Who acts: we. 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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 (we), 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:pg8109:5:59 # text = In a poem [Note: O'Curry's Manners and Customs, Vol. I., page 543.], descriptive of the fair [Note: On the full meaning of this word "fair," see Chap. xiii., Vol. I.] of Garman, we see this-- 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 poem poem NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 4 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 5 Note note NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 7 O'Curry O'Curry PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 Manners Manner PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 3 appos _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 Customs Custom PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 Vol. Vol. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 appos _ _ 14 I. I. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 16 page page NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ _ 17 543 543 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 16 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 descriptive descriptive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 24 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 25 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 26 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 26 Note note NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 : : PUNCT : _ 31 punct _ _ 28 On on ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 30 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 34 det _ _ 34 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 " " PUNCT `` _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 fair fair NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 " " PUNCT `` _ 39 punct _ _ 39 see see VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 31 parataxis _ _ 40 Chap chap NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 42 punct _ _ 42 xiii xiii NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 46 punct _ _ 45 Vol. Vol. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 compound _ _ 46 I. I. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 ] ] PUNCT -RRB- _ 46 punct _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 Garman Garman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 46 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 51 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 52 nsubj _ _ 52 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 53 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 52 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 -- -- PUNCT , _ 52 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | infinitive | | Chap | | | | xiii *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chap=Stimulus | | 2 | **see** | present | we | this | | a poem and Note | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer this=Stimulus | | 3 | **mean** | | | this word and fair | | | | | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient | 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 58](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/5/58/) - next →: [sentence 60](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/5/60/) - ↑ back to [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/5/)