--- title: This theory draws on the Lebor Gabála Érenn, a medieval Christian ps… — Ireland · tree and pragmatics description: This theory draws on the Lebor Gabála Érenn, a medieval Christian pseudo-history of Ireland, along with the presence of Celtic culture, language and artefacts found in Ireland such as Celtic bronze spears, shields, torcs and other finely crafted Celtic associated possessions. 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This theory draws on the Lebor Gabála Érenn, a medieval Christian pseudo-history of Ireland, along with the presence of Celtic culture, language and artefacts found in Ireland such as Celtic bronze spears, shields, torcs and other finely crafted Celtic associated possessions. **Who acts:** theory, language · **What happens:** draw, find, craft · **To what, where:** Lebor Gabála, artefacts, Ireland, Celtic associated possessions This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Ireland». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (theory, language), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. The article's note marks are left out of the parse. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = wikipedia:Ireland:50 # text = This theory draws on the Lebor Gabála Érenn, a medieval Christian pseudo-history of Ireland, along with the presence of Celtic culture, language and artefacts found in Ireland such as Celtic bronze spears, shields, torcs and other finely crafted Celtic associated possessions. 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 theory theory NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 draws draw VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Lebor Lebor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 Gabála Gabála PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 Érenn Érenn PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 11 medieval medieval ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 12 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 13 pseudo pseudo NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 history history NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 15 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 19 along along ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 presence presence NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 Celtic celtic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 25 amod _ _ 25 culture culture NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 27 language language NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 28 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 29 artefacts artefact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 conj _ _ 30 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl _ _ 31 in in ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Ireland Ireland PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 33 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 37 case _ _ 34 as as ADP IN _ 33 fixed _ _ 35 Celtic celtic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 36 bronze bronze NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 compound _ _ 37 spears spear NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 shields shield NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 41 torcs torc NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 conj _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 43 cc _ _ 43 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 conj _ _ 44 finely finely ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 crafted craft VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 46 Celtic celtic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 47 associated associated ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 48 amod _ _ 48 possessions possession NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **draw** | present | this theory | | | the Lebor Gabála | | the presence of Celtic culture *parataxis* | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **find** | participle | | artefacts such Celtic bronze spears and shields and torcs *not said here* | | Ireland | | | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **craft** | past | language and artefacts such Celtic bronze spears and shields and torcs | Celtic associated possessions | | | | finely *property* | vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Result | 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. **Text:** the English Wikipedia, «Ireland», revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, CC BY-SA 4.0. **Tree:** Mova's own parse, CC BY-SA 4.0 as the text is. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the article read in order, CC BY-SA 4.0. - ← previous: [sentence 49](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Ireland/49/) - next →: [sentence 51](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Ireland/51/) - ↑ back to [Ireland](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/wikipedia/en/Ireland/)