Legends of the conquest of Spain, Capture of Granada.—subjugation of the Alpuxarra Mountains., sentence 14
On taking possession of Granada, Taric garrisoned the towers and castles, and left as alcayde, or governor, a chosen warrior named Betiz Aben Habuz, a native of Arabia Felix, who had distinguished himself by his valour and abilities.
Who acts: Taric, native · What happens: take, garrison, leave, choose, name, distinguish · To what, where: possession, towers, chosen warrior, Taric, Granada
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Capture of Granada.—subjugation of the Alpuxarra Mountains.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Taric, native), 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 | On | on | SCONJ | _ | 2 taking | mark |
| 2 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 garrisoned | advcl |
| 3 | possession | possession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 taking | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Granada | case |
| 5 | Granada | Granada | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 possession | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 taking | punct |
| 7 | Taric | Taric | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 garrisoned | nsubj |
| 8 | garrisoned | garrison | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 towers | det |
| 10 | towers | tower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 garrisoned | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 castles | cc |
| 12 | castles | castle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 towers | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 left | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 left | cc |
| 15 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 garrisoned | conj |
| 16 | as | as | ADP | _ | 17 alcayde | case |
| 17 | alcayde | alcayde | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 left | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 governor | punct |
| 19 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 20 governor | cc |
| 20 | governor | governor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 alcayde | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 warrior | punct |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 warrior | det |
| 23 | chosen | choose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 warrior | amod |
| 24 | warrior | warrior | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 alcayde | appos |
| 25 | named | name | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 warrior | acl |
| 26 | Betiz | Betiz | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 named | xcomp |
| 27 | Aben | Aben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 Betiz | flat |
| 28 | Habuz | Habuz | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 Betiz | flat |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 native | punct |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 native | det |
| 31 | native | native | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 alcayde | conj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 Arabia | case |
| 33 | Arabia | Arabia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 native | nmod |
| 34 | Felix | Felix | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 Arabia | flat |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 distinguished | punct |
| 36 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 distinguished | nsubj |
| 37 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 distinguished | aux |
| 38 | distinguished | distinguish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 31 native | acl |
| 39 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 38 distinguished | obj |
| 40 | by | by | ADP | _ | 42 valour | case |
| 41 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 valour | nmod:poss |
| 42 | valour | valour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 distinguished | obl |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 abilities | cc |
| 44 | abilities | ability | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 valour | conj |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 garrisoned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | gerund | Taric not said here | possession of Granada | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Theme | ||||
| 2 | garrison | past | Taric | the towers and castles | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | leave | participle | Taric not said here | as alcayde or governor and a native of Arabia | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | choose | participle | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 5 | name | participle | a chosen warrior not said here | Betiz xcomp | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | distinguish | past · perfect | a native of Arabia | Taric | by Taric's valour and abilities | vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.attribute»: agent=Agent himself=Theme by valour=Attribute | |||
| 7 | possess | Granada | nom possession «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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