Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Ancient Inhabitants of Spain.—of the Misrule of Witiza the Wicked., sentence 18
The bishops and other clergy were exemplary in their lives, and aided to promote the influence of the laws and maintain the authority of the state.
Who acts: bishops · What happens: be, aid, promote, maintain · To what, where: lives, influence, authority
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 (bishops), 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 bishops | det |
| 2 | bishops | bishop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 exemplary | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 clergy | cc |
| 4 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 clergy | amod |
| 5 | clergy | clergy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 bishops | conj |
| 6 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 exemplary | cop |
| 7 | exemplary | exemplary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 lives | case |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 lives | nmod:poss |
| 10 | lives | life | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 exemplary | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 aided | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 aided | cc |
| 13 | aided | aid | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 exemplary | conj |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 promote | mark |
| 15 | promote | promote | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 aided | xcomp |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 influence | det |
| 17 | influence | influence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 promote | obj |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 laws | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 laws | det |
| 20 | laws | law | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 influence | nmod |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 maintain | cc |
| 22 | maintain | maintain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 promote | conj |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 authority | det |
| 24 | authority | authority | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 maintain | obj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 state | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 state | det |
| 27 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 authority | nmod |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 exemplary | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the bishops and other clergy | bishops's lives | exemplary property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | aid | past | the bishops and other clergy not said here | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | promote | to-infinitive | the bishops and other clergy not said here | the influence of the laws | vn promote-102 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent influence=Theme | ||||
| 4 | maintain | present | the bishops and other clergy not said here | the authority of the state | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent authority=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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