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title: The consentaneity of the annals and the literature furnishes a trust… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: The consentaneity of the annals and the literature furnishes a trustworthy guide to the general course of history, until its guidance is barred by _a priori_ considerations of a weightier nature, or by the statements of writers, having sources of information not open to us. Who acts: consentaneity, 
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 5, sentence 65

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The consentaneity of the annals and the literature furnishes a trustworthy guide to the general course of history, until its guidance is barred by \_a priori\_ considerations of a weightier nature, or by the statements of writers, having sources of information not open to us.

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**Who acts:** consentaneity, priori · **What happens:** furnish, bar, have, guide, consider, state · **To what, where:** trustworthy guide, general course, guidance, sources, weightier nature, writers

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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 (consentaneity, priori), 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:pg8109:5:65
# text = The consentaneity of the annals and the literature furnishes a trustworthy guide to the general course of history, until its guidance is barred by _a priori_ considerations of a weightier nature, or by the statements of writers, having sources of information not open to us.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	consentaneity	consentaneity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	annals	annal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	literature	literature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	furnishes	furnish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	trustworthy	trustworthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	guide	guide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	general	general	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
20	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
21	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj:pass	_	_
23	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux:pass	_	_
24	barred	bar	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
25	by	by	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
26	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	priori	priori	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	_	_	PUNCT	NFP	_	30	punct	_	_
30	considerations	consideration	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	advcl	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
32	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	weightier	weighty	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	34	amod	_	_
34	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
36	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
37	by	by	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	conj	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	writers	writer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
43	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	24	advcl	_	_
44	sources	source	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	obj	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nmod	_	_
47	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	48	advmod	_	_
48	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
49	to	to	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	48	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **furnish** | present | the consentaneity of the annals and the literature | a trustworthy guide | the general course of history |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent guide=Theme to course=Recipient |
| 2 | **bar** | present · passive | a priori | consentaneity's guidance |  |  |  | considerations of a weightier nature or the statements of writers *advcl* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Theme |
| 3 | **have** | gerund | a priori *not said here* | sources of information |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent source=Patient |
| 4 | **guide** |  | consentaneity |  |  |  |  |  | nom guidance «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 5 | **consider** |  |  | a weightier nature |  |  |  |  | nom consideration «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 6 | **state** |  |  | writers |  |  |  |  | nom statement «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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