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title: Battles now between the Clan Partholan and the Fomoroh, on the plain… — Early Bardic Literature, Ireland. · tree and pragmatics
description: Battles now between the Clan Partholan and the Fomoroh, on the plain of Ith, beside the river Finn, Co. Donegal, so called from Ith [Note: See Vol. I, p. 60], son of Brogan, the most ancient of the heroes, slain here by the Tuatha De Danan, but more anciently known by some lost Fomorian name; also a
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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Age of Partholan and the Earliest Fomorian Gods., sentence 5

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Battles now between the Clan Partholan and the Fomoroh, on the plain of Ith, beside the river Finn, Co. Donegal, so called from Ith \[Note: See Vol. I, p. 60\], son of Brogan, the most ancient of the heroes, slain here by the Tuatha De Danan, but more anciently known by some lost Fomorian name; also at Iorrus Domnan, now Erris, Co. Mayo, where Kical and his Fomorians first reached Ireland.

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**Who acts:** I, Kical · **What happens:** call, see, vol., slay, know, lose · **To what, where:** Battles, Ith Note, p., Ireland · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Age of Partholan and the Earliest Fomorian Gods.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, Kical), 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:pg8109:8:5
# text = Battles now between the Clan Partholan and the Fomoroh, on the plain of Ith, beside the river Finn, Co. Donegal, so called from Ith [Note: See Vol. I, p. 60], son of Brogan, the most ancient of the heroes, slain here by the Tuatha De Danan, but more anciently known by some lost Fomorian name; also at Iorrus Domnan, now Erris, Co. Mayo, where Kical and his Fomorians first reached Ireland.
1	Battles	battle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
3	between	between	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Clan	Clan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Partholan	Partholan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	Fomoroh	Fomoroh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Ith	Ith	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	Finn	Finn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	Co.	Co.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	_
23	Donegal	Donegal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
25	so	so	ADV	RB	_	26	advmod	_	_
26	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
27	from	from	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
28	Ith	Ith	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	compound	_	_
29	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	Note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	32	punct	_	_
32	See	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	advcl	_	_
33	Vol.	vol.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
34	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
36	p.	P.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
37	60	60	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	36	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	36	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
40	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	vocative	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	Brogan	Brogan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
45	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	46	advmod	_	_
46	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	appos	_	_
47	of	of	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	heroes	hero	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
51	slain	slay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	46	conj	_	_
52	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	51	advmod	_	_
53	by	by	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
55	Tuatha	Tuatha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	57	compound	_	_
56	De	De	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	55	flat	_	_
57	Danan	Danan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	51	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
59	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	62	cc	_	_
60	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	61	advmod	_	_
61	anciently	anciently	ADV	RB	_	62	advmod	_	_
62	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	26	conj	_	_
63	by	by	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
64	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	67	nsubj	_	_
65	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	67	amod	_	_
66	Fomorian	fomorian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	67	amod	_	_
67	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	71	punct	_	_
69	also	also	ADV	RB	_	71	advmod	_	_
70	at	at	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
71	Iorrus	Iorrus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	xcomp	_	_
72	Domnan	Domnan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	71	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
73	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	75	punct	_	_
74	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	75	advmod	_	_
75	Erris	Erris	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	71	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
76	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	78	punct	_	_
77	Co.	Co.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	78	compound	_	_
78	Mayo	Mayo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	71	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
79	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	86	punct	_	_
80	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	86	advmod	_	_
81	Kical	Kical	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	86	nsubj	_	_
82	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	84	cc	_	_
83	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	84	nmod:poss	_	_
84	Fomorians	Fomorian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	81	conj	_	_
85	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	86	advmod	_	_
86	reached	reach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	71	acl:relcl	_	_
87	Ireland	Ireland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	86	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
88	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	26	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | participle · passive |  | Battles between the Clan Partholan and the Fomoroh beside the river Finn and Co. |  | Ith Note |  | Iorrus and Erris and Co. Mayo *xcomp* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from note=Source |
| 2 | **see** | infinitive |  | p. |  |  |  | son of Brogan *vocative* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer p.=Stimulus |
| 3 | **vol.** |  | I |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **slay** | participle |  |  |  | here |  | by the Tuatha Danan | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **know** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by lost Fomorian name; anciently *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 6 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **reach** | past | Kical and Kical's Fomorians | Ireland |  |  |  | first *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent ireland=Theme |

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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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