Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Ancient Inhabitants of Spain.—of the Misrule of Witiza the Wicked., sentence 35
Some of the clergy opposed themselves to the innovating spirit of the monarch, and endeavoured, from the pulpits, to rally the people to the pure doctrines of their faith; but they were deposed from their sacred office, and banished as seditious mischief-makers.
Who acts: Some · What happens: oppose, innovate, endeavour, rally, depose, banish · To what, where: clergy, pulpits, people, sacred office, faith
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 (Some), 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 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 opposed | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 clergy | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 clergy | det |
| 4 | clergy | clergy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Some | nmod |
| 5 | opposed | oppose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 opposed | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 spirit | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 spirit | det |
| 9 | innovating | innovate | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 spirit | amod |
| 10 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 opposed | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 monarch | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 monarch | det |
| 13 | monarch | monarch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 spirit | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 endeavoured | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 endeavoured | cc |
| 16 | endeavoured | endeavour | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 opposed | parataxis |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 pulpits | punct |
| 18 | from | from | ADP | _ | 20 pulpits | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 pulpits | det |
| 20 | pulpits | pulpit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 endeavoured | obj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 rally | punct |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 rally | mark |
| 23 | rally | rally | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 endeavoured | conj |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 people | det |
| 25 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 rally | obj |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 29 doctrines | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 doctrines | det |
| 28 | pure | pure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 doctrines | amod |
| 29 | doctrines | doctrine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 rally | obl |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 faith | case |
| 31 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 faith | nmod:poss |
| 32 | faith | faith | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 doctrines | nmod |
| 33 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 37 deposed | punct |
| 34 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 37 deposed | cc |
| 35 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 deposed | nsubj |
| 36 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 deposed | aux:pass |
| 37 | deposed | depose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 opposed | parataxis |
| 38 | from | from | ADP | _ | 41 office | case |
| 39 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 office | nmod:poss |
| 40 | sacred | sacred | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 office | amod |
| 41 | office | office | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 deposed | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 banished | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 banished | cc |
| 44 | banished | banish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 37 deposed | conj |
| 45 | as | as | ADP | _ | 49 makers | case |
| 46 | seditious | seditious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 makers | amod |
| 47 | mischief | mischief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 makers | compound |
| 48 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 47 mischief | punct |
| 49 | makers | maker | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 banished | obl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 opposed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | oppose | past | Some of the clergy | clergy | to the innovating spirit of the monarch | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient | |||
| 2 | innovate | gerund | vn establish-55.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | endeavour | past | the pulpits | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | rally | to-infinitive | the people | to the pure doctrines of clergy's faith | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | depose | past · passive | clergy | clergy's sacred office | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme from office=Initial_Location | ||||
| 6 | banish | participle | as seditious mischief makers | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | indoctrinate | clergy's faith | nom doctrine «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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