Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Ancient Inhabitants of Spain.—of the Misrule of Witiza the Wicked., sentence 16

The king was commander-in-chief of the armies; the whole patronage of the kingdom was in his hands; he summoned and dissolved the national councils; he made and revoked laws according to his pleasure; and, having ecclesiastical supremacy, he exercised a sway even over the consciences of his subjects.

Who acts: king, power · What happens: be, summon, dissolve, make, revoke, accord · To what, where: chief, national councils, laws, ecclesiastical supremacy, sway, kingdom

This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Of the Ancient Inhabitants of Spain.—of the Misrule of Witiza the Wicked.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, power), 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 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chief	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 chief	cop
4	commander	commander	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chief	nsubj
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 chief	punct
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 chief	case
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 in	punct
8	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 armies	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 armies	det
11	armies	army	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 chief	nmod
12	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 patronage	punct
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 patronage	det
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 patronage	amod
15	patronage	patronage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chief	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 kingdom	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 kingdom	det
18	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 patronage	nmod
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 patronage	acl
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 hands	case
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 hands	nmod:poss
22	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 was	obl
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	25 summoned	punct
24	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 summoned	nsubj
25	summoned	summon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 chief	parataxis
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 dissolved	cc
27	dissolved	dissolve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 summoned	conj
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 councils	det
29	national	national	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 councils	amod
30	councils	council	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 dissolved	obj
31	;	;	PUNCT	_	33 made	punct
32	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	33 made	nsubj
33	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 summoned	conj
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 revoked	cc
35	revoked	revoke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 made	conj
36	laws	law	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 revoked	obj
37	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	40 pleasure	case
38	to	to	ADP	_	37 according	fixed
39	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	40 pleasure	nmod:poss
40	pleasure	pleasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 laws	nmod
41	;	;	PUNCT	_	49 exercised	punct
42	and	and	CCONJ	_	49 exercised	cc
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 and	punct
44	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	49 exercised	advcl
45	ecclesiastical	ecclesiastical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 supremacy	amod
46	supremacy	supremacy	NOUN	Number=Sing	44 having	obj
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 having	punct
48	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 exercised	nsubj
49	exercised	exercise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 summoned	conj
50	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	51 sway	det
51	sway	sway	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 exercised	obj
52	even	even	ADV	_	55 consciences	advmod
53	over	over	ADP	_	55 consciences	case
54	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	55 consciences	det
55	consciences	conscience	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 exercised	obj
56	of	of	ADP	_	58 subjects	case
57	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	58 subjects	nmod:poss
58	subjects	subject	NOUN	Number=Plur	55 consciences	nmod
59	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 chief	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	the king		chief and the whole patronage of the kingdom	of the armies; commander nsubj; the whole patronage of the kingdom conj	tree rules
2	summon	past	power				vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	dissolve	participle	power not said here	the national councils			vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent council=Patient
4	make	past	power				vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	revoke	past	power not said here	laws		accord power's pleasure	tree rules
6	accord	gerund					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
7	have	gerund	power not said here	ecclesiastical supremacy			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supremacy=Patient
8	exercise	past	power	a sway		the consciences of power's subjects obj	tree rules
9	patronage			the kingdom			nom patronage «act transitive»: of=patient
10	please		power				nom pleasure «feeling 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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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Ancient Inhabitants of Spain.—of the Misrule of Witiza the Wicked., sentence 16