Legends of the conquest of Spain, Letter of Muza to the Caliph.—second Expedition of Taric El Tuerto., sentence 35
The discreet Antonio Agapida, though he records this circumstance as it is set down in ancient chronicle, yet withholds his belief from the pretended prophecy, considering the whole a cunning device of Taric to increase the courage of his troops.
Who acts: discreet Antonio, Antonio · What happens: record, set down, withhold, pretend, consider, increase · To what, where: circumstance, ancient chronicle, belief, pretended prophecy, whole cunning device, courage
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Letter of Muza to the Caliph.—second Expedition of Taric El Tuerto.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (discreet Antonio, Antonio), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Antonio | det |
| 2 | discreet | discreet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Antonio | amod |
| 3 | Antonio | Antonio | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 records | nsubj |
| 4 | Agapida | Agapida | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Antonio | flat |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 records | punct |
| 6 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 8 records | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 records | nsubj |
| 8 | records | record | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 circumstance | det |
| 10 | circumstance | circumstance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 records | obj |
| 11 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 14 set | mark |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 set | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 set | aux:pass |
| 14 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 records | advcl |
| 15 | down | down | ADP | _ | 14 set | compound:prt |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 chronicle | case |
| 17 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 chronicle | amod |
| 18 | chronicle | chronicle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 set | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 withholds | punct |
| 20 | yet | yet | CCONJ | _ | 21 withholds | cc |
| 21 | withholds | withhold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 records | conj |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 belief | nmod:poss |
| 23 | belief | belief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 withholds | obj |
| 24 | from | from | ADP | _ | 27 prophecy | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 prophecy | det |
| 26 | pretended | pretend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 prophecy | amod |
| 27 | prophecy | prophecy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 withholds | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 considering | punct |
| 29 | considering | consider | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 withholds | advcl |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 device | det |
| 31 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 device | amod |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 device | det |
| 33 | cunning | cunning | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 device | amod |
| 34 | device | device | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 considering | obj |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 Taric | case |
| 36 | Taric | Taric | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 device | nmod |
| 37 | to | to | PART | _ | 38 increase | mark |
| 38 | increase | increase | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 considering | advcl |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 courage | det |
| 40 | courage | courage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 increase | obj |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 troops | case |
| 42 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 troops | nmod:poss |
| 43 | troops | troops | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 40 courage | nmod |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 records | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | record | present | the discreet Antonio | this circumstance | Antonio nsubj | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent circumstance=Theme | |||
| 2 | set down | present · passive | circumstance | ancient chronicle | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in chronicle=Destination | ||||
| 3 | withhold | present | the discreet Antonio not said here | Antonio's belief | the pretended prophecy | tree rules | |||
| 4 | pretend | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | consider | gerund | the discreet Antonio not said here | the whole cunning device of Taric | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent device=Attribute | ||||
| 6 | increase | to-infinitive | the discreet Antonio not said here | the courage of Antonio's troops | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer courage=Patient | ||||
| 7 | believe | Antonio | nom belief «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
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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