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title: The extent, diversity, and populousness of the Irish mythological cy… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: The extent, diversity, and populousness of the Irish mythological cycles, the history of the Irish gods, and the gradual growth of that mythology of which the Tuatha De Danan, i.e., the gods of the historic period, were the final development, can only be rightly apprehended by one who reads the bard
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., part 6, sentence 47

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The extent, diversity, and populousness of the Irish mythological cycles, the history of the Irish gods, and the gradual growth of that mythology of which the Tuatha De Danan, i.e., the gods of the historic period, were the final development, can only be rightly apprehended by one who reads the bardic literature as it deals with this subject.

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**Who acts:** Tuatha Danan, history, mythology · **What happens:** be, apprehend, read, deal, grow · **To what, where:** final development, bardic literature, extent

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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 (Tuatha Danan, history, mythology), 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:pg8109:6:47
# text = The extent, diversity, and populousness of the Irish mythological cycles, the history of the Irish gods, and the gradual growth of that mythology of which the Tuatha De Danan, i.e., the gods of the historic period, were the final development, can only be rightly apprehended by one who reads the bardic literature as it deals with this subject.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	extent	extent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	diversity	diversity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	populousness	populousness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	mythological	mythological	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	cycles	cycle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	history	history	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	gradual	gradual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	growth	growth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	27	det	_	_
27	mythology	mythology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	47	obl	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
31	Tuatha	Tuatha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	compound	_	_
32	De	De	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	flat	_	_
33	Danan	Danan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
35	i.e.	i.e.	ADV	FW	_	33	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	gods	god	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	appos	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
41	historic	historic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
44	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	cop	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
46	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	development	development	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
49	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	53	aux	_	_
50	only	only	ADV	RB	_	53	advmod	_	_
51	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	53	aux:pass	_	_
52	rightly	rightly	ADV	RB	_	53	advmod	_	_
53	apprehended	apprehend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	47	conj	_	_
54	by	by	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	53	obl	_	_
56	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	57	nsubj	_	_
57	reads	read	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	55	acl:relcl	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
59	bardic	bardic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	60	amod	_	_
60	literature	literature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	57	obj	_	_
61	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	63	mark	_	_
62	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	63	nsubj	_	_
63	deals	deal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	57	advcl	_	_
64	with	with	ADP	IN	_	66	case	_	_
65	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	66	det	_	_
66	subject	subject	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the Tuatha Danan | the final development |  |  |  | of that mythology | tree rules |
| 2 | **apprehend** | can · passive | the Tuatha Danan *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by one; rightly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING» |
| 3 | **read** | present |  | the bardic literature |  |  |  | who *nsubj* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent literature=Topic |
| 4 | **deal** | present | history |  |  |  |  | with this subject | vn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with subject=Theme |
| 6 | **grow** |  | that mythology |  |  |  |  |  | nom growth «process intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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