Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter I., sentence 23
He despatched missives to the Caliph Waled Almanzor, informing him of these new conquests, but taking the whole glory to himself, and making no mention of the services of Taric; or, at least, only mentioning him incidentally as a subordinate commander.
Who acts: heart, Caliph · What happens: despatch, wale, inform, take, make, mention · To what, where: missives, Almanzor, heart, whole glory, mention, least
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter I.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (heart, Caliph), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 despatched | nsubj |
| 2 | despatched | despatch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | missives | missive | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 despatched | obj |
| 4 | to | to | SCONJ | _ | 7 Waled | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Caliph | det |
| 6 | Caliph | Caliph | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Waled | nsubj |
| 7 | Waled | wale | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 despatched | advcl |
| 8 | Almanzor | Almanzor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Waled | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 informing | punct |
| 10 | informing | inform | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 Waled | advcl |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 informing | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 conquests | case |
| 13 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 15 conquests | det |
| 14 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 conquests | amod |
| 15 | conquests | conquest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 informing | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 taking | punct |
| 17 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 18 taking | cc |
| 18 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 informing | conj |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 glory | det |
| 20 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 glory | amod |
| 21 | glory | glory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 taking | obj |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 himself | case |
| 23 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 18 taking | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 making | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 making | cc |
| 26 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 despatched | advcl |
| 27 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 28 mention | det |
| 28 | mention | mention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 making | obj |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 services | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 services | det |
| 31 | services | service | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 mention | nmod |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 Taric | case |
| 33 | Taric | Taric | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 services | nmod |
| 34 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 mentioning | punct |
| 35 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 41 mentioning | cc |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 or | punct |
| 37 | at | at | ADP | _ | 38 least | case |
| 38 | least | least | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 41 mentioning | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 mentioning | punct |
| 40 | only | only | ADV | _ | 41 mentioning | advmod |
| 41 | mentioning | mention | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 despatched | advcl |
| 42 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 mentioning | obj |
| 43 | incidentally | incidentally | ADV | _ | 41 mentioning | advmod |
| 44 | as | as | ADP | _ | 47 commander | case |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 commander | det |
| 46 | subordinate | subordinate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 commander | compound |
| 47 | commander | commander | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 mentioning | obl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 despatched | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | despatch | past | heart | missives | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | wale | past | the Caliph | Almanzor | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | inform speech: other | gerund | the Caliph not said here | heart | of this new conquests | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient of conquest=Topic | |||
| 4 | take | gerund | the Caliph not said here | the whole glory | heart | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent glory=Theme to himself=Destination | |||
| 5 | make | gerund | heart not said here | no mention of the services of Taric | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mention=Product | ||||
| 6 | mention speech: other | gerund | heart not said here | heart | least | as a subordinate commander; incidentally property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Topic | ||
| 7 | mention | the services of Taric | nom mention «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 8 | service | Taric | nom service «act transitive»: 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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