Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Cave of Hercules., sentence 44

Here, too, it is said, he read magic to his followers, and taught them those supernatural arts by which he accomplished his vast achievements.

Who acts: Mendoza · What happens: say, read, teach, accomplish, achieve · To what, where: cardinal, magic, followers, supernatural arts, vast achievements · 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 (Mendoza), 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	Here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 said	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 too	punct
3	too	too	ADV	_	1 Here	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Here	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 said	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 said	aux:pass
7	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 read	nsubj
10	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 said	ccomp
11	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 read	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 followers	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 followers	nmod:poss
14	followers	follower	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 read	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 taught	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 taught	cc
17	taught	teach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 read	conj
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 taught	obj
19	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	21 arts	det
20	supernatural	supernatural	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 arts	amod
21	arts	art	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 taught	obj
22	by	by	ADP	_	23 which	case
23	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 accomplished	obl
24	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 accomplished	nsubj
25	accomplished	accomplish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 arts	acl:relcl
26	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 achievements	nmod:poss
27	vast	vast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 achievements	amod
28	achievements	achievement	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 accomplished	obj
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · passive		cardinal		here		tree rules
2	read	past	Mendoza	magic	Mendoza's followers			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent magic=Topic to follower=Recipient
3	teach speech: other	past	Mendoza not said here	that supernatural arts	followers = follower			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient art=Topic
4	accomplish	past	Mendoza	Mendoza's vast achievements			by that supernatural arts	vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent achievement=Eventuality
5	achieve		Mendoza					nom achievement «act transitive»: poss=agent

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 44

The tree

Pragmatics

Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Cave of Hercules., sentence 44