Legends of the conquest of Spain, Capture of Granada.—subjugation of the Alpuxarra Mountains., sentence 6
When the Arab conquerors beheld this delicious vega, they were lost in admiration; for it seemed as if the prophet had given them a paradise on earth, as a reward for their services in his cause.
Who acts: Arab conquerors, it, conquerors, Granada · What happens: behold, lose, seem, give, service, cause · To what, where: delicious vega, conquerors, admiration, prophet, cause
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 (Arab conquerors, it, conquerors, Granada), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 beheld | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 conquerors | det |
| 3 | Arab | Arab | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 conquerors | amod |
| 4 | conquerors | conqueror | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 beheld | nsubj |
| 5 | beheld | behold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 lost | advcl |
| 6 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 vega | det |
| 7 | delicious | delicious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 vega | amod |
| 8 | vega | vega | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 beheld | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 beheld | punct |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 lost | nsubj |
| 11 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 lost | aux:pass |
| 12 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 admiration | case |
| 14 | admiration | admiration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 lost | obl |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 seemed | punct |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 seemed | case |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 seemed | nsubj |
| 18 | seemed | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 lost | conj |
| 19 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 24 given | mark |
| 20 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 24 given | mark |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 prophet | det |
| 22 | prophet | prophet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 given | nsubj:pass |
| 23 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 given | aux |
| 24 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 seemed | advcl |
| 25 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 given | obj |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 paradise | det |
| 27 | paradise | paradise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 given | obj |
| 28 | on | on | ADP | _ | 29 earth | case |
| 29 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 paradise | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 reward | punct |
| 31 | as | as | ADP | _ | 33 reward | case |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 reward | det |
| 33 | reward | reward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 seemed | obl |
| 34 | for | for | ADP | _ | 36 services | case |
| 35 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 services | nmod:poss |
| 36 | services | service | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 reward | nmod |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 cause | case |
| 38 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 cause | nmod:poss |
| 39 | cause | cause | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 services | nmod |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 lost | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | behold | past | the Arab conquerors | this delicious vega | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vega=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | lose | past · passive | conquerors = conqueror | admiration | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | seem | past | it | as a reward for conquerors's services in Granada's cause | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | give | past · perfect · passive | the prophet | conquerors = conqueror obj; a paradise obj | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | service | conquerors = conqueror | Granada's cause | nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent in=place | |||||
| 6 | cause | Granada | nom cause «event 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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