--- title: As the Greek gods dethroned the Titans, so the Irish gods drove out… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics description: As the Greek gods dethroned the Titans, so the Irish gods drove out or subjected the giants of the Fir-bolgs; but in the Irish mythology, we find both gods and giants descended from other ancient races of deities, called the Clanna Nemedh and the Fomoroh, and these a branch of a divine cycle; yet mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/6/30/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/) / [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., par…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/6/) / 30 # Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 6, sentence 30 As the Greek gods dethroned the Titans, so the Irish gods drove out or subjected the giants of the Fir-bolgs; but in the Irish mythology, we find both gods and giants descended from other ancient races of deities, called the Clanna Nemedh and the Fomoroh, and these a branch of a divine cycle; yet more ancient the race of Partholan, while Partholan himself is not the eldest. **Who acts:** Greek gods, Irish gods, we, Partholan, deities · **What happens:** dethrone, drive out, subject, find, descend, call · **To what, where:** Titans, giants, gods, Irish mythology, other ancient races, deities · **Speech:** someone speaks here 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 (Greek gods, Irish gods, we, Partholan), 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:pg8109:6:30 # text = As the Greek gods dethroned the Titans, so the Irish gods drove out or subjected the giants of the Fir-bolgs; but in the Irish mythology, we find both gods and giants descended from other ancient races of deities, called the Clanna Nemedh and the Fomoroh, and these a branch of a divine cycle; yet more ancient the race of Partholan, while Partholan himself is not the eldest. 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Greek Greek ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 dethroned dethrone VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 Titans Titan PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 13 advmod _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 Irish Irish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nsubj _ _ 13 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 14 out out ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ _ 15 or or CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 subjected subject VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 conj _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 giants giant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 of of ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 21 Fir fir NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 22 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 bolgs bolg NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 25 but but CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 28 Irish Irish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 mythology mythology NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 find find VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 33 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 34 det _ _ 34 gods god NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 obj _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 36 giants giant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 conj _ _ 37 descended descend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 acl _ _ 38 from from ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 39 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 40 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 races race NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 deities deity NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 43 acl _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 47 Clanna Clanna PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 compound _ _ 48 Nemedh Nemedh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 xcomp _ _ 49 and and CCONJ CC _ 51 cc _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 Fomoroh Fomoroh PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 56 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 56 cc _ _ 54 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 56 det _ _ 55 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 56 det _ _ 56 branch branch NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 57 of of ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 58 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 60 det _ _ 59 divine divine NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 compound _ _ 60 cycle cycle NOUN NN Number=Sing 56 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 61 ; ; PUNCT : _ 64 punct _ _ 62 yet yet ADV RB _ 64 advmod _ _ 63 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 64 advmod _ _ 64 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 conj _ _ 65 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 66 det _ _ 66 race race NOUN NN Number=Sing 64 appos _ _ 67 of of ADP IN _ 68 case _ _ 68 Partholan Partholan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 66 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 69 , , PUNCT , _ 76 punct _ _ 70 while while SCONJ IN _ 76 mark _ _ 71 Partholan Partholan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 76 nsubj _ _ 72 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes 71 nmod:unmarked _ _ 73 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 76 cop _ _ 74 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 76 advmod _ _ 75 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 76 det _ _ 76 eldest eld ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 64 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 77 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dethrone** | past | the Greek gods | the Titans | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **drive out** | past | the Irish gods | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **subject** | participle | the Irish gods *not said here* | the giants of the Fir bolgs | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **find** | present | we | both gods and giants | | the Irish mythology | | this branch of a divine cycle *obl* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent god=Topic | | 5 | **descend** | participle | | both gods and giants *not said here* | | other ancient races of deities | | | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from race=Location | | 6 | **call** | participle | | deities *not said here* | | | | the Clanna Nemedh and the Fomoroh *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **not** **is** | present | Partholan Partholan | | | | | eld *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **race** | | deities | | | | | | nom race «event intransitive»: of=agent | | 9 | **race** | | Partholan | | | | | | nom race «event intransitive»: of=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 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/6/29/) - next →: [sentence 31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/6/31/) - ↑ back to [Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg8109/6/)