Legends of the conquest of Spain, Opening, sentence 20
Since the time, too, of the conquest and occupation of their country by the Arabs, a strong infusion of oriental magnificence has entered into the national character, and rendered the Spaniard distinct from every other nation of Europe.
What happens: enter, render, occupy · To what, where: strong infusion, national character, Spaniard distinct, other nation, country
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Opening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Since | since | ADP | _ | 3 time | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 time | det |
| 3 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 entered | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 time | punct |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 3 time | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 conquest | punct |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 conquest | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 conquest | det |
| 9 | conquest | conquest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 time | conj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 occupation | cc |
| 11 | occupation | occupation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 conquest | conj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 country | case |
| 13 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 country | nmod:poss |
| 14 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 occupation | nmod |
| 15 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 Arabs | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Arabs | det |
| 17 | Arabs | Arab | PROPN | Number=Plur | 9 conquest | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 time | punct |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 infusion | det |
| 20 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 infusion | amod |
| 21 | infusion | infusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 entered | nsubj:pass |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 magnificence | case |
| 23 | oriental | oriental | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 magnificence | amod |
| 24 | magnificence | magnificence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 infusion | nmod |
| 25 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 entered | aux |
| 26 | entered | enter | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 27 | into | into | ADP | _ | 30 character | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 character | det |
| 29 | national | national | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 character | amod |
| 30 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 entered | obl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 rendered | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 rendered | cc |
| 33 | rendered | render | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 entered | conj |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 distinct | det |
| 35 | Spaniard | Spaniard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 distinct | compound |
| 36 | distinct | distinct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 rendered | obj |
| 37 | from | from | ADP | _ | 40 nation | case |
| 38 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 40 nation | det |
| 39 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 nation | amod |
| 40 | nation | nation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 rendered | obl |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 Europe | case |
| 42 | Europe | Europe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 nation | nmod |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 26 entered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enter | present · perfect · passive | a strong infusion of oriental magnificence | the national character | time | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination | |||
| 2 | render | past | the Spaniard distinct | every other nation of Europe | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent distinct=Theme from nation=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | occupy | Spaniards's country | nom occupation «act transitive»: of=patient |
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: «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Project Gutenberg book 77685 (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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