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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 6, sentence 44

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The Tuatha De Danan of the ancient Irish are the final outcome and last development of a mythology which we can see advancing step by step, one divine tribe pushing out another, one family of gods swallowing up another, or perishing under the hands of time and change, to make room for another.

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**Who acts:** we, one divine tribe, gods · **What happens:** be, see, push out, swallow up, perish, make · **To what, where:** mythology, another, hands, room, Tuatha Danan

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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, one divine tribe, gods), 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:pg8109:6:44
# text = The Tuatha De Danan of the ancient Irish are the final outcome and last development of a mythology which we can see advancing step by step, one divine tribe pushing out another, one family of gods swallowing up another, or perishing under the hands of time and change, to make room for another.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	Tuatha	Tuatha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	De	De	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	_
4	Danan	Danan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
7	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
8	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	development	development	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	mythology	mythology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	22	obj	_	_
20	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
21	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
22	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	acl:relcl	_	_
23	advancing	advancing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
25	by	by	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
26	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
28	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	30	nummod	_	_
29	divine	divine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	tribe	tribe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
31	pushing	push	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	30	acl	_	_
32	out	out	ADP	RP	_	31	compound:prt	_	_
33	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	31	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
35	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	36	nummod	_	_
36	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	nmod	_	_
39	swallowing	swallow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	38	acl	_	_
40	up	up	ADP	RP	_	39	compound:prt	_	_
41	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	39	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	perishing	perish	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	39	conj	_	_
45	under	under	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	obl	_	_
48	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
49	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	nmod	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	_	_
51	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
53	to	to	PART	TO	_	54	mark	_	_
54	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	conj	_	_
55	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obj	_	_
56	for	for	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
57	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	55	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the ancient Irish final outcome and last development of a mythology; last development of a mythology *conj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | can | we | a mythology |  |  |  | by step; advancing step *obj* | tree rules |
| 3 | **push out** | gerund | one divine tribe *not said here* | another |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent another=Theme |
| 4 | **swallow up** | gerund | gods *not said here* | another |  |  |  |  | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent another=Patient |
| 5 | **perish** | gerund | gods *not said here* |  |  | the hands of time and change |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 6 | **make** | to-infinitive | gods *not said here* | room |  |  |  | for another | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent room=Product for another=Asset |
| 8 | **develop** |  |  | a mythology |  |  |  |  | nom development «act 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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