Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Ancient Inhabitants of Spain.—of the Misrule of Witiza the Wicked., sentence 30
Witiza, now considering himself secure upon the throne, gave the reins to his licentious passions; and soon, by his tyranny and sensuality, acquired the appellation of Witiza the Wicked.
Who acts: Witiza · What happens: consider, secure, give, acquire · To what, where: Witiza, reins, licentious passions, appellation
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 (Witiza), 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 | Witiza | Witiza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 secure | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Witiza | punct |
| 3 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 considering | advmod |
| 4 | considering | consider | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 secure | advcl |
| 5 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 considering | obj |
| 6 | secure | secure | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 9 throne | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 throne | det |
| 9 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 secure | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 gave | punct |
| 11 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 secure | conj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 reins | det |
| 13 | reins | rein | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 gave | obj |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 passions | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 passions | nmod:poss |
| 16 | licentious | licentious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 passions | amod |
| 17 | passions | passion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 gave | obl |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 acquired | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 acquired | cc |
| 20 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 28 acquired | advmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 soon | punct |
| 22 | by | by | ADP | _ | 24 tyranny | case |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 tyranny | nmod:poss |
| 24 | tyranny | tyranny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 acquired | obl |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 sensuality | cc |
| 26 | sensuality | sensuality | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 tyranny | conj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 tyranny | punct |
| 28 | acquired | acquire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 secure | parataxis |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 appellation | det |
| 30 | appellation | appellation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 acquired | obj |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 Witiza | case |
| 32 | Witiza | Witiza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 appellation | nmod |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Wicked | det |
| 34 | Wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 Witiza | amod |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 secure | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consider | gerund | Witiza not said here | Witiza | now | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent himself=Attribute | |||
| 2 | secure | infinitive | Witiza | upon the throne | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | give | past | Witiza not said here | the reins | Witiza's licentious passions | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent rein=Theme to passion=Recipient | |||
| 4 | acquire | past | the appellation of Witiza | by Witiza's tyranny and sensuality; soon property | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset appellation=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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