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# Early Bardic Literature, Ireland., Age of the Nemedian Gods and Second Cycle of the Fomorians., sentence 5

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Wars now between the Clanna Nemedh and the second cycle of the Fomoroh, led this time by Faebar and More, sons of Dela, and Coning, son of Faebar; battles at Ros Freachan, now Rosreahan, barony of Murresk, Co. Mayo, at Slieve Blahma \[Note: Slieve Blahma, now Slieve Bloom, a mountain range famous in our mythology; one of the peaks, Ard Erin, sacred to Eire, a goddess of the Tuatha De Danan, who has given her name to the island.

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**Who acts:** Wars, goddess · **What happens:** lead, cone, give, name · **To what, where:** battles, son, name, island

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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 (Wars, goddess), 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:pg8109:9:5
# text = Wars now between the Clanna Nemedh and the second cycle of the Fomoroh, led this time by Faebar and More, sons of Dela, and Coning, son of Faebar; battles at Ros Freachan, now Rosreahan, barony of Murresk, Co. Mayo, at Slieve Blahma [Note: Slieve Blahma, now Slieve Bloom, a mountain range famous in our mythology; one of the peaks, Ard Erin, sacred to Eire, a goddess of the Tuatha De Danan, who has given her name to the island.
1	Wars	war	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nsubj	_	_
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	Clanna	Clanna	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Nemedh	Nemedh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	amod	_	_
10	cycle	cycle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Fomoroh	Fomoroh	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
15	led	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	17	det	_	_
17	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
18	by	by	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	Faebar	Faebar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	More	More	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
23	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	appos	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	Dela	Dela	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	Coning	cone	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
30	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	Faebar	Faebar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	34	punct	_	_
34	battles	battle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
35	at	at	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	Ros	Ros	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	_
37	Freachan	Freachan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
39	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	40	advmod	_	_
40	Rosreahan	Rosreahan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
42	barony	barony	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	conj	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	Murresk	Murresk	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
46	Co.	Co.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	44	appos	_	_
47	Mayo	Mayo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	46	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
49	at	at	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	Slieve	Slieve	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	conj	_	_
51	Blahma	Blahma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	flat	_	_
52	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	53	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	Note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	55	punct	_	_
55	Slieve	Slieve	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	53	appos	_	_
56	Blahma	Blahma	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	55	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
58	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	59	advmod	_	_
59	Slieve	Slieve	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	55	conj	_	_
60	Bloom	Bloom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	59	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	64	punct	_	_
62	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
63	mountain	mountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	64	compound	_	_
64	range	range	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	appos	_	_
65	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	64	amod	_	_
66	in	in	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
67	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	68	nmod:poss	_	_
68	mythology	mythology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	65	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	70	punct	_	_
70	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	conj	_	_
71	of	of	ADP	IN	_	73	case	_	_
72	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	73	det	_	_
73	peaks	peak	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	70	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	76	punct	_	_
75	Ard	Ard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	76	compound	_	_
76	Erin	Erin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	78	punct	_	_
78	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	76	amod	_	_
79	to	to	ADP	IN	_	80	case	_	_
80	Eire	Eire	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	78	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
81	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	83	punct	_	_
82	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	83	det	_	_
83	goddess	goddess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	76	appos	_	_
84	of	of	ADP	IN	_	88	case	_	_
85	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	88	det	_	_
86	Tuatha	Tuatha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	88	compound	_	_
87	De	De	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	86	flat	_	_
88	Danan	Danan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	83	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
89	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	92	punct	_	_
90	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	92	nsubj	_	_
91	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	92	aux	_	_
92	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	83	acl	_	_
93	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	94	nmod:poss	_	_
94	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	92	obj	_	_
95	to	to	ADP	IN	_	97	case	_	_
96	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	97	det	_	_
97	island	island	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	92	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
98	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | past | Wars between the Clanna Nemedh and the second cycle of the Fomoroh | battles at Ros  Rosreahan and barony of Murresk and Slieve |  |  | time | by Faebar and More; Ard Erin *obl*; one of the peaks *conj* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by faebar=Destination |
| 2 | **cone** | gerund | Wars between the Clanna Nemedh and the second cycle of the Fomoroh *not said here* | son of Faebar |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **give** | present · perfect | a goddess of the Tuatha Danan | goddess's name | the island |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Theme to island=Recipient |
| 4 | **name** |  | goddess |  |  |  |  |  | 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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