Legends of the conquest of Spain, Terror of the Country.—roderick Rouses Himself to Arms., sentence 24
The bishop was smooth of tongue, and profound in his hypocrisy: his pretended zeal and devotion, and the horror with which he spoke of the treachery of his kinsman, imposed upon the credulous spirit of the king, and he was readily admitted into his most secret council.
Who acts: bishop, Roderick · What happens: be, pretend, speak, impose, admit · To what, where: kinsman, Roderick, most secret council · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Terror of the Country.—roderick Rouses Himself to Arms.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (bishop, Roderick), 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 | 2 bishop | det |
| 2 | bishop | bishop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 smooth | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 smooth | cop |
| 4 | smooth | smooth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 tongue | case |
| 6 | tongue | tongue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 smooth | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 profound | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 profound | cc |
| 9 | profound | profound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 smooth | parataxis |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 hypocrisy | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 hypocrisy | nmod:poss |
| 12 | hypocrisy | hypocrisy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 profound | nmod |
| 13 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 16 zeal | punct |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 zeal | nmod:poss |
| 15 | pretended | pretend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 zeal | amod |
| 16 | zeal | zeal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 profound | conj |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 devotion | cc |
| 18 | devotion | devotion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 zeal | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 horror | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 horror | cc |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 horror | det |
| 22 | horror | horror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 zeal | appos |
| 23 | with | with | ADP | _ | 24 which | case |
| 24 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 26 spoke | obl |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 spoke | nsubj |
| 26 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 horror | acl:relcl |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 treachery | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 treachery | det |
| 29 | treachery | treachery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 spoke | obl |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 kinsman | case |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 kinsman | nmod:poss |
| 32 | kinsman | kinsman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 treachery | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 imposed | punct |
| 34 | imposed | impose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 kinsman | acl |
| 35 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 38 spirit | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 spirit | det |
| 37 | credulous | credulous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 spirit | amod |
| 38 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 imposed | obl |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 king | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 king | det |
| 41 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 spirit | nmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 admitted | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 admitted | cc |
| 44 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 admitted | nsubj:pass |
| 45 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 admitted | aux:pass |
| 46 | readily | readily | ADV | _ | 47 admitted | advmod |
| 47 | admitted | admit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 smooth | parataxis |
| 48 | into | into | ADP | _ | 52 council | case |
| 49 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 council | nmod:poss |
| 50 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 52 council | amod |
| 51 | secret | secret | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 council | amod |
| 52 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 admitted | obl |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 smooth | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the bishop | of tongue; profound in Roderick's hypocrisy and Roderick's pretended zeal and devotion parataxis; smooth property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | pretend | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | speak speech: other | past | Roderick | with the horror; of the treachery of Roderick's kinsman | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with which=Co-Agent | ||||
| 4 | impose | participle | Roderick's kinsman not said here | upon the credulous spirit of the king | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | admit speech: other | past · passive | Roderick | Roderick's most secret council | readily property | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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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