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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Age of the Nemedian Gods and Second Cycle of the Fomorians., sentence 2

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NEMEDH, his wife Maca (first appearance of Macha, the war goddess, who gave her name to Armagh, i.e., Ard Macha, the Height of Macha), Iarbanel; Fergus, the Red-sided, and Starn, sons of Nemedh; Beothah, son of Iarbanel; Erglann, son of Beoan, son of Starn; Simeon Brac, son of Starn; Ibath, son of Beothach; Britan Mael, son of Fergus.

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**Who acts:** war goddess, Macha · **What happens:** give, starn, name · **To what, where:** name, Armagh, sons

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This is a sentence of «Early Bardic Literature, Ireland.» by Standish O'Grady, Age of the Nemedian Gods and Second Cycle of the Fomorians.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (war goddess, Macha), 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:pg8109:9:2
# text = NEMEDH, his wife Maca (first appearance of Macha, the war goddess, who gave her name to Armagh, i.e., Ard Macha, the Height of Macha), Iarbanel; Fergus, the Red-sided, and Starn, sons of Nemedh; Beothah, son of Iarbanel; Erglann, son of Beoan, son of Starn; Simeon Brac, son of Starn; Ibath, son of Beothach; Britan Mael, son of Fergus.
1	NEMEDH	NEMEDH	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:desc	_	_
5	Maca	Maca	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
8	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Macha	Macha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	goddess	goddess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
17	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	_
18	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Armagh	Armagh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	i.e.	i.e.	ADV	FW	_	21	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	Ard	Ard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	_
26	Macha	Macha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	Height	Height	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	appos	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	Macha	Macha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	29	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
34	Iarbanel	Iarbanel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	_	_
36	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
39	Red	Red	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	39	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	sided	sided	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	Starn	starn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	41	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
46	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	obj	_	_
47	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	Nemedh	Nemedh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
50	Beothah	Beothah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
52	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	appos	_	_
53	of	of	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
54	Iarbanel	Iarbanel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	52	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
55	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
56	Erglann	Erglann	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	58	punct	_	_
58	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	appos	_	_
59	of	of	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
60	Beoan	Beoan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	58	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
62	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	appos	_	_
63	of	of	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
64	Starn	Starn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	62	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	66	punct	_	_
66	Simeon	Simeon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	_
67	Brac	Brac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	66	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	69	punct	_	_
69	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	appos	_	_
70	of	of	ADP	IN	_	71	case	_	_
71	Starn	Starn	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	69	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
72	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	73	punct	_	_
73	Ibath	Ibath	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	66	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	75	punct	_	_
75	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	appos	_	_
76	of	of	ADP	IN	_	77	case	_	_
77	Beothach	Beothach	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	75	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
78	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	79	punct	_	_
79	Britan	Britan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	66	conj	_	_
80	Mael	Mael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	79	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
81	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	82	punct	_	_
82	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	66	appos	_	_
83	of	of	ADP	IN	_	84	case	_	_
84	Fergus	Fergus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	82	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
85	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	41	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the war goddess | Macha's name | Armagh and Ard and Iarbanel |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Theme to armagh=Recipient |
| 2 | **starn** | infinitive |  | sons of Nemedh |  |  |  | Beothah *obl* | tree rules |
| 4 | **name** |  | Macha |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=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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