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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Skirmishing of the Armies.—pelistes and His Son.—pelistes and the Bishop., sentence 10

All this is said to have been devised by the perfidious Bishop Oppas, who had secret communications with the enemy, while he influenced the councils of the king; and who trusted that by this skirmishing warfare the power of the Christian troops would be cut off, and the rest disheartened.

Who acts: perfidious Bishop, body, skirmishing warfare · What happens: say, devise, have, influence, trust, cut off · To what, where: this, secret communications, councils, power, rest · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Skirmishing of the Armies.—pelistes and His Son.—pelistes and the Bishop.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (perfidious Bishop, body, skirmishing warfare), 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

det:predetnsubj:passaux:passmarkauxaux:passccompcasedetamodoblflatpunctnsubjacl:relclamodobjcasedetnmodpunctmarknsubjconjdetobjcasedetnmodpunctccnsubjparataxismarkcasedetcompoundobldetnsubj:passcasedetamodnmodauxaux:passadvclcompound:prtpunctccdetnsubj:passconjpunctrootAllDETthisPRONisAUXsaidVERBtoPARThaveAUXbeenAUXdevisedVERBbyADPtheDETperfidiousADJBishopPROPNOppasPROPN,PUNCTwhoPRONhadVERBsecretADJcommunicationsNOUNwithADPtheDETenemyNOUN,PUNCTwhileSCONJhePRONinfluencedVERBtheDETcouncilsNOUNofADPtheDETkingNOUN;PUNCTandCCONJwhoPRONtrustedVERBthatSCONJbyADPthisDETskirmishingNOUNwarfareNOUNtheDETpowerNOUNofADPtheDETChristianADJtroopsNOUNwouldAUXbeAUXcutVERBoffADP,PUNCTandCCONJtheDETrestNOUNdisheartenedVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AllallDETPronType=Tot4 saiddet:predet
2thisthisPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem4 saidnsubj:pass
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 saidaux:pass
4saidsayVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5totoPART_8 devisedmark
6havehaveAUXVerbForm=Inf8 devisedaux
7beenbeAUXTense=Past VerbForm=Part8 devisedaux:pass
8deviseddeviseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 saidccomp
9bybyADP_12 Bishopcase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 Bishopdet
11perfidiousperfidiousADJDegree=Pos12 Bishopamod
12BishopBishopPROPNNumber=Sing8 devisedobl
13OppasOppasPROPNNumber=Sing12 Bishopflat
14,,PUNCT_16 hadpunct
15whowhoPRONPronType=Rel16 hadnsubj
16hadhaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 Bishopacl:relcl
17secretsecretADJDegree=Pos18 communicationsamod
18communicationscommunicationNOUNNumber=Plur16 hadobj
19withwithADP_21 enemycase
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 enemydet
21enemyenemyNOUNNumber=Sing18 communicationsnmod
22,,PUNCT_25 influencedpunct
23whilewhileSCONJ_25 influencedmark
24hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs25 influencednsubj
25influencedinfluenceVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 devisedconj
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 councilsdet
27councilscouncilNOUNNumber=Plur25 influencedobj
28ofofADP_30 kingcase
29thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 kingdet
30kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing27 councilsnmod
31;;PUNCT_34 trustedpunct
32andandCCONJ_34 trustedcc
33whowhoPRONPronType=Rel34 trustednsubj
34trustedtrustVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 saidparataxis
35thatthatSCONJ_48 cutmark
36bybyADP_39 warfarecase
37thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem39 warfaredet
38skirmishingskirmishingNOUNNumber=Sing39 warfarecompound
39warfarewarfareNOUNNumber=Sing48 cutobl
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art41 powerdet
41powerpowerNOUNNumber=Sing48 cutnsubj:pass
42ofofADP_45 troopscase
43thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art45 troopsdet
44ChristianChristianADJDegree=Pos45 troopsamod
45troopstroopsNOUNNumber=Ptan41 powernmod
46wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin48 cutaux
47bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf48 cutaux:pass
48cutcutVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass34 trustedadvcl
49offoffADP_48 cutcompound:prt
50,,PUNCT_54 disheartenedpunct
51andandCCONJ_54 disheartenedcc
52thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art53 restdet
53restrestNOUNNumber=Sing54 disheartenednsubj:pass
54dishearteneddisheartenVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass34 trustedconj
55..PUNCT_4 saidpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresent · passivethistree rules
2deviseto-infinitive · perfect · passivethe perfidious Bishopvn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3havepastthe perfidious Bishopsecret communicationswith the enemyvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent communication=Patient
4influencepastbodythe councils of the kingvn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent council=Patient
5trustpastwho nsubjvn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
6cut offwould · passivethis skirmishing warfarethe power of the Christian troopsvn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector subject=Eventuality
7disheartenparticiple · passivethe restvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

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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