--- title: There we see Mananan with his mountain-sundering sword, the Fray-gar… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: There we see Mananan with his mountain-sundering sword, the Fray-garta; there Lu Lamfada, the deliverer, pondering over his mysteries; there Bove Derg and his fatal [Note: Every feast to which he came ended in blood. Who acts: we, Mananan. 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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, Mananan), 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:pg8109:6:14 # text = There we see Mananan with his mountain-sundering sword, the Fray-garta; there Lu Lamfada, the deliverer, pondering over his mysteries; there Bove Derg and his fatal [Note: Every feast to which he came ended in blood. 1 There there PRON EX PronType=Dem 3 expl _ _ 2 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 Mananan Mananan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 7 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 sundering sunder VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 amod _ _ 10 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 13 Fray Fray PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 garta garta NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 18 expl _ _ 18 Lu Lu PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 19 Lamfada Lamfada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 deliverer deliverer NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 24 pondering ponder VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 25 over over ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 mysteries mystery NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 30 expl _ _ 30 Bove Bove PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 31 Derg Derg PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 flat _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 34 fatal fatal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 35 [ [ PUNCT -LRB- _ 36 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 36 Note note NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 37 : : PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 38 Every every DET DT PronType=Tot 39 det _ _ 39 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 44 obl _ _ 42 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 nsubj _ _ 43 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 ended end VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 acl:relcl _ _ 45 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 46 blood blood NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | we | Mananan | | there | | with Mananan's sundering sword and the Fray garta; Lu there and the deliverer *obl*; Bove there and Mananan's fatal Note *obl*; every feast *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mananan=Stimulus | | 2 | **sunder** | gerund | | | | | | mountain *compound* | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **ponder** | gerund | we *not said here* | | | Mananan's mysteries | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **end** | past · passive | | Mananan | | blood | | to every feast | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality | | 5 | **note** | | Mananan | | | | | | nom note «communication transitive»: poss=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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/6/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/6/15/) - ↑ back to [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/6/)