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description: For instance, the stream of Irish history must, for philosophical reasons, be no further traceable than to that point at which it issues from the enchanted land of the Tuatha De Danan. Who acts: stream. A sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Early Bardic Literature, I
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 5, sentence 66

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For instance, the stream of Irish history must, for philosophical reasons, be no further traceable than to that point at which it issues from the enchanted land of the Tuatha De Danan.

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**Who acts:** stream · **What happens:** be, issue, enchant · **To what, where:** enchanted land

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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 (stream), 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:pg8109:5:66
# text = For instance, the stream of Irish history must, for philosophical reasons, be no further traceable than to that point at which it issues from the enchanted land of the Tuatha De Danan.
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	instance	instance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	philosophical	philosophical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	reasons	reason	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
15	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	cop	_	_
16	no	no	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	further	far	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	18	advmod	_	_
18	traceable	traceable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
19	than	than	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	22	det	_	_
22	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
23	at	at	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	26	det	_	_
25	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
26	issues	issue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nmod	_	_
27	from	from	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	enchanted	enchant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	30	amod	_	_
30	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
33	Tuatha	Tuatha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	compound	_	_
34	De	De	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	flat	_	_
35	Danan	Danan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | must | the stream of Irish history |  |  |  |  | for instance; than that point; philosophical reasons *nsubj*; far, traceable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **issue** |  | stream |  |  | the enchanted land of the Tuatha Danan |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **enchant** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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