Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Ancient Inhabitants of Spain.—of the Misrule of Witiza the Wicked., sentence 24
Two of his relatives, sons of a preceding king, awakened his jealousy for the security of his throne.
Who acts: Two relatives · What happens: precede, awaken · To what, where: jealousy
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 (Two relatives), 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 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 relatives | nummod |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 relatives | case |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 relatives | nmod:poss |
| 4 | relatives | relative | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 awakened | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 sons | punct |
| 6 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 relatives | conj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 king | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 king | det |
| 9 | preceding | precede | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 king | amod |
| 10 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sons | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 relatives | punct |
| 12 | awakened | awaken | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 jealousy | nmod:poss |
| 14 | jealousy | jealousy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 awakened | obj |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 security | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 security | det |
| 17 | security | security | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 awakened | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 throne | case |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 throne | nmod:poss |
| 20 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 security | nmod |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 awakened | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | precede | gerund | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | awaken | past | beginning's Two relatives and sons of a preceding king | beginning's jealousy | for the security of beginning's throne | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location jealousy=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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