Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Ancient Inhabitants of Spain.—of the Misrule of Witiza the Wicked., sentence 31
Despising the old Gothic continence, and yielding to the example of the sect of Mahomet, which suited his lascivious temperament, he indulged in a plurality of wives and concubines, encouraging his subjects to do the same.
Who acts: Mahomet, subjects · What happens: despise, yield, suit, indulge, encourage, do · To what, where: old Gothic continence, lascivious temperament, plurality, subjects, same, sect
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 (Mahomet, subjects), 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 | Despising | despise | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 25 indulged | advcl |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 continence | det |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 continence | amod |
| 4 | Gothic | gothic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 continence | amod |
| 5 | continence | continence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Despising | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 yielding | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 yielding | cc |
| 8 | yielding | yield | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Despising | conj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 example | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 example | det |
| 11 | example | example | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 yielding | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 sect | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 sect | det |
| 14 | sect | sect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 example | nmod |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 Mahomet | case |
| 16 | Mahomet | Mahomet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 sect | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 suited | punct |
| 18 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 suited | nsubj |
| 19 | suited | suit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 Mahomet | acl:relcl |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 temperament | nmod:poss |
| 21 | lascivious | lascivious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 temperament | amod |
| 22 | temperament | temperament | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 suited | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Despising | punct |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 indulged | nsubj |
| 25 | indulged | indulge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 plurality | case |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 plurality | det |
| 28 | plurality | plurality | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 indulged | obl |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 wives | case |
| 30 | wives | wife | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 plurality | nmod |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 concubines | cc |
| 32 | concubines | concubine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 wives | conj |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 encouraging | punct |
| 34 | encouraging | encourage | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 25 indulged | advcl |
| 35 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 subjects | nmod:poss |
| 36 | subjects | subject | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 encouraging | obj |
| 37 | to | to | PART | _ | 38 do | mark |
| 38 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 encouraging | xcomp |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 same | det |
| 40 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 do | obj |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 25 indulged | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | despise | gerund | Mahomet not said here | the old Gothic continence | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer continence=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | yield | gerund | Mahomet not said here | to the example of the sect of Mahomet | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to example=Theme | ||||
| 3 | suit | past | Mahomet | Mahomet's lascivious temperament | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | indulge | past | Mahomet | a plurality of wives and concubines | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | encourage | gerund | Mahomet not said here | Mahomet's subjects | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 6 | do not said to happen | to-infinitive | Mahomet's subjects not said here | the same | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=Eventuality | ||||
| 7 | exemplify | the sect of Mahomet | nom example «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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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