Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter IX., sentence 35
Taric was convinced, by all that he had seen and heard, that Count Julian had not deceived them; either as to his disposition or his means to betray his country.
Who acts: Taric, that, Julian · What happens: be, see, hear, count, not deceive, mean · To what, where: galleys, country
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter IX.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Taric, that, Julian), 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 | Taric | Taric | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 convinced | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 convinced | cop |
| 3 | convinced | convinced | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 seen | punct |
| 5 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 10 seen | mark |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 seen | det:predet |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 seen | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 seen | nsubj |
| 9 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 seen | aux |
| 10 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 convinced | parataxis |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 heard | cc |
| 12 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 seen | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 Count | punct |
| 14 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 Count | nsubj |
| 15 | Count | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 convinced | parataxis |
| 16 | Julian | Julian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 deceived | nsubj |
| 17 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 deceived | aux |
| 18 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 deceived | advmod |
| 19 | deceived | deceive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 15 Count | ccomp |
| 20 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 deceived | obj |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 disposition | punct |
| 22 | either | either | ADV | PronType=Ind | 26 disposition | advmod |
| 23 | as | as | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 26 disposition | case |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 as | fixed |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 disposition | nmod:poss |
| 26 | disposition | disposition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 convinced | conj |
| 27 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 29 means | cc |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 means | nmod:poss |
| 29 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 disposition | conj |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 betray | mark |
| 31 | betray | betray | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 means | xcomp |
| 32 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 country | nmod:poss |
| 33 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 betray | obj |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 convinced | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Taric | JULIAN's disposition conj; convinced property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see | past · perfect | Taric | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | hear | participle | Taric not said here | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | count | present | that | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | |||||
| 5 | not deceive | past · perfect | Julian | galleys = galley | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ||||
| 6 | mean | present | Taric not said here | JULIAN nmod:poss | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 7 | betray not said to happen | to-infinitive | Taric not said here | JULIAN's country | tree rules |
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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