Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Cave of Hercules., sentence 10

“History,” says the worthy Don Pedro de Roxas, “is full of accounts that the magi taught and performed their magic and their superstitious rites in profound caves and secret places; because, as this art of the devil was prohibited from the very origin of Christianity, they always sought for hidden places in which to practise it.”

Who acts: History, magi, caves · What happens: say, be, teach, perform, prohibit, seek · To what, where: accounts, magic, art, origin, hidden places · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, The Cave of Hercules.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (History, magi, caves), 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	“	"	PUNCT	_	2 History	punct
2	History	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 History	punct
4	”	"	PUNCT	_	2 History	punct
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Don	det
7	worthy	worthy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Don	amod
8	Don	Don	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
9	Pedro	Pedro	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Don	flat
10	de	de	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Pedro	flat
11	Roxas	Roxas	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Pedro	flat
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 full	punct
13	“	"	PUNCT	_	15 full	punct
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 full	cop
15	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 Don	amod
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 accounts	case
17	accounts	account	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 full	obl
18	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	21 taught	obj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 magi	det
20	magi	magus	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 taught	nsubj
21	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 accounts	acl:relcl
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 performed	cc
23	performed	perform	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 taught	conj
24	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 magic	nmod:poss
25	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 performed	obj
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 rites	cc
27	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	29 rites	nmod:poss
28	superstitious	superstitious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 rites	amod
29	rites	rite	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 performed	conj
30	in	in	ADP	_	32 caves	case
31	profound	profound	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 caves	compound
32	caves	cave	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 rites	nmod
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 places	cc
34	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 places	amod
35	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 rites	conj
36	;	;	PUNCT	_	46 prohibited	punct
37	because	because	SCONJ	_	46 prohibited	mark
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 art	punct
39	as	as	ADP	_	41 art	case
40	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	41 art	det
41	art	art	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 prohibited	nsubj:pass
42	of	of	ADP	_	44 devil	case
43	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	44 devil	det
44	devil	devil	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 art	nmod
45	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	46 prohibited	aux:pass
46	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 says	conj
47	from	from	ADP	_	50 origin	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 origin	det
49	very	very	ADV	_	50 origin	advmod
50	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 prohibited	obl
51	of	of	ADP	_	52 Christianity	case
52	Christianity	Christianity	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 origin	nmod
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	56 sought	punct
54	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	56 sought	nsubj
55	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	56 sought	advmod
56	sought	seek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 says	ccomp
57	for	for	ADP	_	59 places	case
58	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 places	amod
59	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	56 sought	obl
60	in	in	ADP	_	61 which	case
61	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	63 practise	obl
62	to	to	PART	_	63 practise	mark
63	practise	practise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	59 places	acl:relcl
64	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	63 practise	obj
65	.	.	PUNCT	_	63 practise	punct
66	”	"	PUNCT	_	56 sought	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	History			the worthy Don nsubj	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is in a quote	present				of accounts; full property	tree rules
3	teach speech: other in a quote	past	the magi	accounts			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent that=Recipient
4	perform in a quote	past	the magi not said here	magi's magic		magi's superstitious rites in profound caves and secret places conj	vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent magic=Theme
5	prohibit in a quote	past · passive		this art of the devil	the origin of Christianity		vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from origin=Eventuality
6	seek in a quote	past	caves = cave			for hidden places; always property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for place=Theme
7	practise in a quote	to-infinitive	caves = cave not said here	magic	hidden places		tree rules

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, The Cave of Hercules., sentence 10

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Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Cave of Hercules., sentence 10