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description: If rounded letters were then used, why the universal ascription of the late invented Ogham which, as we know from the cemeteries and other sources, was unpopular in the Christian age. Who acts: late invented Ogham. A sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Early Bardic L
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 6, sentence 2

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If rounded letters were then used, why the universal ascription of the late invented Ogham which, as we know from the cemeteries and other sources, was unpopular in the Christian age.

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**Who acts:** late invented Ogham · **What happens:** round, use, invent, know, be, ascribe · **To what, where:** rounded letters, cemeteries, Christian age, late invented Ogham

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This is a sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (late invented Ogham), 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:pg8109:6:2
# text = If rounded letters were then used, why the universal ascription of the late invented Ogham which, as we know from the cemeteries and other sources, was unpopular in the Christian age.
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
2	rounded	round	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
6	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	universal	universal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	ascription	ascription	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	invented	invent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
16	Ogham	Ogham	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
17	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
20	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
22	from	from	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	cemeteries	cemetery	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
26	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	sources	source	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
29	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	cop	_	_
30	unpopular	unpopular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	conj	_	_
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **round** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **use** | past · passive |  | rounded letters |  |  | then |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 3 | **invent** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **know** | present | the late invented Ogham |  |  | the cemeteries and other sources |  | we *nsubj* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 5 | **is** | past | the late invented Ogham *not said here* |  |  |  | in the Christian age | unpopular *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **ascribe** |  |  | the late invented Ogham |  |  |  |  | nom ascription «cognition 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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