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title: For this loss of the Grecian mythology, and this substitution of Nox… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: For this loss of the Grecian mythology, and this substitution of Nox and Chaos for the remote ancestors of the Olympians, we have to thank the early Greek philosophers, and the general diffusion of a rude scientific knowledge, imparting a physical complexion to the mythological memory of the Greeks.
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 6, sentence 41

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For this loss of the Grecian mythology, and this substitution of Nox and Chaos for the remote ancestors of the Olympians, we have to thank the early Greek philosophers, and the general diffusion of a rude scientific knowledge, imparting a physical complexion to the mythological memory of the Greeks.

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**Who acts:** we, rude scientific knowledge, Nox · **What happens:** have, thank, impart, substitute, diffuse · **To what, where:** early Greek philosophers, physical complexion, rude scientific knowledge

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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 (we, rude scientific knowledge, Nox), 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:pg8109:6:41
# text = For this loss of the Grecian mythology, and this substitution of Nox and Chaos for the remote ancestors of the Olympians, we have to thank the early Greek philosophers, and the general diffusion of a rude scientific knowledge, imparting a physical complexion to the mythological memory of the Greeks.
1	For	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Grecian	grecian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	mythology	mythology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	det	_	_
11	substitution	substitution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Nox	Nox	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	Chaos	Chaos	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	remote	remote	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	ancestors	ancestor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	Olympians	Olympian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
24	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
25	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
26	to	to	PART	TO	_	27	mark	_	_
27	thank	thank	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	xcomp	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
29	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
30	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	philosophers	philosopher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
35	general	general	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	diffusion	diffusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
38	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
39	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
40	scientific	scientific	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	knowledge	knowledge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
43	imparting	impart	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	41	acl	_	_
44	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
45	physical	physical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	complexion	complexion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obj	_	_
47	to	to	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
49	mythological	mythological	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
50	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	_
51	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	Greeks	Greek	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	50	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	25	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | we |  |  |  |  | for this loss of the Grecian mythology; the general diffusion of a rude scientific knowledge *conj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **thank** *speech: thank* | to-infinitive | we *not said here* | the early Greek philosophers |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent philosopher=Theme |
| 3 | **impart** | gerund | a rude scientific knowledge *not said here* | a physical complexion |  |  |  | to the mythological memory of the Greeks | tree rules |
| 4 | **substitute** |  | Nox and Chaos |  |  |  |  | for the remote ancestors of the Olympians | nom substitution «event intransitive»: of=agent for=obl |
| 5 | **diffuse** |  |  | a rude scientific knowledge |  |  |  |  | nom diffusion «process 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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