Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Cave of Hercules., sentence 47
From all the circumstances here adduced from learned and reverend authors, it will be perceived that Toledo is a city fruitful of marvels, and that the necromantic tower of Hercules has more solid foundation than most edifices of similar import in ancient history.
Who acts: circumstances, Toledo, necromantic tower · What happens: adduce, learn, perceive, be, have · To what, where: insinuation, city, more solid foundation
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 (circumstances, Toledo, necromantic tower), 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 | From | from | SCONJ | _ | 6 adduced | mark |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 circumstances | det:predet |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 circumstances | det |
| 4 | circumstances | circumstance | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 adduced | nsubj |
| 5 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 adduced | advmod |
| 6 | adduced | adduce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 16 perceived | advcl |
| 7 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 8 learned | mark |
| 8 | learned | learn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 adduced | advcl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 authors | cc |
| 10 | reverend | reverend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 authors | compound |
| 11 | authors | author | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 learned | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 adduced | punct |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 perceived | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 perceived | aux |
| 15 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 16 perceived | aux:pass |
| 16 | perceived | perceive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 17 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 21 city | mark |
| 18 | Toledo | Toledo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 city | nsubj |
| 19 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 city | cop |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 city | det |
| 21 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 perceived | advcl |
| 22 | fruitful | fruitful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 city | amod |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 marvels | case |
| 24 | marvels | marvel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 fruitful | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 has | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 has | cc |
| 27 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 33 has | mark |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 tower | det |
| 29 | necromantic | necromantic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 tower | amod |
| 30 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 has | nsubj |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 Hercules | case |
| 32 | Hercules | Hercules | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 tower | nmod |
| 33 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 perceived | conj |
| 34 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 36 foundation | amod |
| 35 | solid | solid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 foundation | amod |
| 36 | foundation | foundation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 has | obj |
| 37 | than | than | ADP | _ | 39 edifices | case |
| 38 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 39 edifices | amod |
| 39 | edifices | edifice | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 foundation | nmod |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 import | case |
| 41 | similar | similar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 import | amod |
| 42 | import | import | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 edifices | nmod |
| 43 | in | in | ADP | _ | 45 history | case |
| 44 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 history | amod |
| 45 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 import | nmod |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 perceived | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | adduce | participle | all circumstances | here | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | learn | participle | all circumstances not said here | reverend authors conj | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | perceive | future · passive | insinuation | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | is a | present | Toledo | a city | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | have | present | the necromantic tower of Hercules | more solid foundation | than most edifices of similar import in ancient history | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foundation=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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