Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Cave of Hercules., sentence 9
In these caves, say they, were taught the diabolical mysteries of magic; and here were performed those infernal ceremonies and incantations, horrible in the eyes of God and man.
Who acts: you · What happens: say, teach, perform · To what, where: caves, infernal ceremonies · 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 (you), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 caves | case |
| 2 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 3 caves | det |
| 3 | caves | cave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 say | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 caves | punct |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 taught | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 they | punct |
| 8 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 taught | aux:pass |
| 9 | taught | teach | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 say | ccomp |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 mysteries | det |
| 11 | diabolical | diabolical | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 mysteries | amod |
| 12 | mysteries | mystery | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 taught | obj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 magic | case |
| 14 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 mysteries | nmod |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 performed | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 performed | cc |
| 17 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 19 performed | advmod |
| 18 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 performed | aux:pass |
| 19 | performed | perform | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 say | advcl |
| 20 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 22 ceremonies | det |
| 21 | infernal | infernal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 ceremonies | amod |
| 22 | ceremonies | ceremony | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 performed | obj |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 incantations | cc |
| 24 | incantations | incantation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 ceremonies | conj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 horrible | punct |
| 26 | horrible | horrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 ceremonies | conj |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 eyes | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 eyes | det |
| 29 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 horrible | obl |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 God | case |
| 31 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 eyes | nmod |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 man | cc |
| 33 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 God | conj |
| 34 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | this caves | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | teach speech: other | past · passive | caves = cave | the diabolical mysteries of magic obj | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient mystery=Topic | ||||
| 3 | perform | past · passive | you not said here | that infernal ceremonies and incantations | here | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: ceremony=Theme |
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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