Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Ancient Inhabitants of Spain.—of the Misrule of Witiza the Wicked., sentence 23
In a little while, however, he threw off the mask, and showed himself in his true nature, cruel and luxurious.
Who acts: beginning · What happens: throw off, show · To what, where: mask, beginning
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 (beginning), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 while | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 while | det |
| 3 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 while | amod |
| 4 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 threw | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 while | punct |
| 6 | however | however | ADV | _ | 9 threw | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 however | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 threw | nsubj |
| 9 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 12 mask | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 mask | det |
| 12 | mask | mask | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 threw | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 showed | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 showed | cc |
| 15 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 threw | conj |
| 16 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 15 showed | iobj |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 nature | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 nature | nmod:poss |
| 19 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 nature | amod |
| 20 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 showed | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 cruel | punct |
| 22 | cruel | cruel | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 nature | amod |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 luxurious | cc |
| 24 | luxurious | luxurious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 cruel | conj |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 threw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw off | past | beginning | the mask | while | however property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mask=Theme | ||
| 2 | show | past | beginning not said here | beginning | in beginning's true nature | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent himself=Patient in nature=Topic |
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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