Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Ancient Inhabitants of Spain.—of the Misrule of Witiza the Wicked., sentence 36

The church of Toledo continued refractory; the archbishop Sindaredo, it is true, was disposed to accommodate himself to the corruptions of the times, but the prebendaries battled intrepidly against the new laws of the monarch, and stood manfully in defence of their vows of chastity.

Who acts: church, prebendaries · What happens: continue, be, dispose, accommodate, battle, stand · To what, where: refractory, archbishop Sindaredo, Sindaredo, corruptions, defence, vows

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 (church, prebendaries), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 church	det
2	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 continued	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Toledo	case
4	Toledo	Toledo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 church	nmod
5	continued	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	refractory	refractory	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 continued	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 Sindaredo	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 archbishop	det
9	archbishop	archbishop	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Sindaredo	compound
10	Sindaredo	Sindaredo	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 continued	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 true	punct
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 true	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 true	cop
14	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 Sindaredo	parataxis
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 disposed	punct
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 disposed	aux:pass
17	disposed	dispose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 Sindaredo	acl:relcl
18	to	to	PART	_	19 accommodate	mark
19	accommodate	accommodate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 disposed	xcomp
20	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	19 accommodate	obj
21	to	to	ADP	_	23 corruptions	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 corruptions	det
23	corruptions	corruption	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 accommodate	obl
24	of	of	ADP	_	26 times	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 times	det
26	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 corruptions	nmod
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 battled	punct
28	but	but	CCONJ	_	31 battled	cc
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 prebendaries	det
30	prebendaries	prebendary	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 battled	nsubj
31	battled	battle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 continued	conj
32	intrepidly	intrepidly	ADV	_	31 battled	advmod
33	against	against	ADP	_	36 laws	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 laws	det
35	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	36 laws	amod
36	laws	law	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 battled	obl
37	of	of	ADP	_	39 monarch	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 monarch	det
39	monarch	monarch	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 laws	nmod
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 stood	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 stood	cc
42	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 continued	conj
43	manfully	manfully	ADV	_	42 stood	advmod
44	in	in	ADP	_	45 defence	case
45	defence	defence	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 stood	obl
46	of	of	ADP	_	48 vows	case
47	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	48 vows	nmod:poss
48	vows	vow	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 defence	nmod
49	of	of	ADP	_	50 chastity	case
50	chastity	chastity	NOUN	Number=Sing	48 vows	nmod
51	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 continued	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	continue	past	the church of Toledo	refractory		archbishop Sindaredo obl	vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent refractory=Theme
2	is	present	church			true property	tree rules
3	dispose	past · passive		archbishop Sindaredo not said here			tree rules
4	accommodate	to-infinitive		Sindaredo		to the corruptions of the times goal	vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient to corruption=Goal
5	battle	past	the prebendaries			against the new laws of the monarch; intrepidly property	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	stand	past	the church of Toledo not said here		defence of prebendaries's vows of chastity	manfully property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in defence=Location
7	defend			prebendaries's vows of chastity			nom defence «process transitive»: of=patient
8	vow		prebendaries = prebendary	chastity			nom vow «communication transitive»: poss=agent 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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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Ancient Inhabitants of Spain.—of the Misrule of Witiza the Wicked., sentence 36