Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Ancient Inhabitants of Spain.—of the Misrule of Witiza the Wicked., sentence 3
It subsequently fell into the all-grasping power of Rome, remaining for some time a subjugated province; and when that gigantic empire crumbled into pieces, the Suevi, the Alani, and the Vandals, those barbarians of the north, overran and ravaged this devoted country, and portioned out the soil among them.
Who acts: country · What happens: fall, grasp, remain, subjugate, crumble, ravage · To what, where: grasping power, gigantic empire, pieces, devoted country, soil
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 (country), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 fell | nsubj |
| 2 | subsequently | subsequently | ADV | _ | 3 fell | advmod |
| 3 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 9 power | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 power | det |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 power | det |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 all | punct |
| 8 | grasping | grasp | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 power | amod |
| 9 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fell | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Rome | case |
| 11 | Rome | Rome | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 power | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 remaining | punct |
| 13 | remaining | remain | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 fell | advcl |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 time | case |
| 15 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 16 time | det |
| 16 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 remaining | obl |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 province | det |
| 18 | subjugated | subjugate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 province | amod |
| 19 | province | province | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 time | nmod:unmarked |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 crumbled | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 crumbled | cc |
| 22 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 26 crumbled | advmod |
| 23 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 25 empire | det |
| 24 | gigantic | gigantic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 empire | amod |
| 25 | empire | empire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 crumbled | nsubj:pass |
| 26 | crumbled | crumble | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 fell | parataxis |
| 27 | into | into | ADP | _ | 28 pieces | case |
| 28 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 crumbled | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 Suevi | punct |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 Suevi | det |
| 31 | Suevi | Suevi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 pieces | nmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 Alani | punct |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Alani | det |
| 34 | Alani | Alani | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 Suevi | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 Vandals | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 Vandals | cc |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 Vandals | det |
| 38 | Vandals | Vandal | PROPN | Number=Plur | 26 crumbled | conj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 barbarians | punct |
| 40 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 41 barbarians | det |
| 41 | barbarians | barbarian | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 Vandals | appos |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 north | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 north | det |
| 44 | north | north | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 barbarians | nmod |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 overran | punct |
| 46 | overran | overran | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 Vandals | conj |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 ravaged | cc |
| 48 | ravaged | ravage | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 fell | conj |
| 49 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 51 country | det |
| 50 | devoted | devoted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 country | amod |
| 51 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 ravaged | obj |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 portioned | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 portioned | cc |
| 54 | portioned | portion | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 fell | conj |
| 55 | out | out | ADP | _ | 54 portioned | compound:prt |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 soil | det |
| 57 | soil | soil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 portioned | obj |
| 58 | among | among | ADP | _ | 59 them | case |
| 59 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 54 portioned | obl |
| 60 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 fell | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | past | country | into the grasping power of Rome result; subsequently property | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into power=Result | ||||
| 2 | grasp | gerund | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 3 | remain | gerund | country not said here | time | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | subjugate | participle | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 5 | crumble | participle · passive | that gigantic empire | into pieces the Suevi and the Alani result; the Vandals conj | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient into piece=Result | ||||
| 6 | ravage | past | country not said here | this devoted country | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Patient | ||||
| 7 | portion out | participle | country not said here | the soil | among barbarians = barbarian | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent soil=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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