Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VI., sentence 32
They were permitted to remain in quiet possession of their homes and effects, paying only a moderate tribute; and they were allowed to exercise the rites of their religion in the existing churches, to the number of seven, but were prohibited from erecting any others.
Who acts: troops · What happens: permit, remain, pay, allow, exercise, exist · To what, where: troops, quiet possession, moderate tribute, rites, existing churches, others
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter VI.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (troops), 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 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 permitted | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 permitted | aux:pass |
| 3 | permitted | permit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 remain | mark |
| 5 | remain | remain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 permitted | xcomp |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 possession | case |
| 7 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 possession | amod |
| 8 | possession | possession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 remain | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 homes | case |
| 10 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 homes | nmod:poss |
| 11 | homes | home | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 possession | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 effects | cc |
| 13 | effects | effect | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 homes | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 paying | punct |
| 15 | paying | pay | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 remain | advcl |
| 16 | only | only | ADV | _ | 19 tribute | advmod |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 tribute | det |
| 18 | moderate | moderate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 tribute | amod |
| 19 | tribute | tribute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 paying | obj |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 allowed | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 allowed | cc |
| 22 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 23 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 allowed | aux:pass |
| 24 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 permitted | conj |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 exercise | mark |
| 26 | exercise | exercise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 allowed | xcomp |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 rites | det |
| 28 | rites | rite | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 exercise | obj |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 religion | case |
| 30 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 religion | nmod:poss |
| 31 | religion | religion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 rites | nmod |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 churches | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 churches | det |
| 34 | existing | exist | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 35 churches | amod |
| 35 | churches | church | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 exercise | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 number | punct |
| 37 | to | to | ADP | _ | 39 number | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 number | det |
| 39 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 exercise | obl |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 seven | case |
| 41 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 39 number | nmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 prohibited | punct |
| 43 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 45 prohibited | cc |
| 44 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 prohibited | aux:pass |
| 45 | prohibited | prohibit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 permitted | conj |
| 46 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 47 erecting | mark |
| 47 | erecting | erect | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 45 prohibited | advcl |
| 48 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 49 others | det |
| 49 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 erecting | obj |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 permitted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | permit | past · passive | troops | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | remain not said to happen | to-infinitive | quiet possession of troops's homes and effects | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in possession=Location | |||||
| 3 | pay | gerund | a moderate tribute | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tribute=Asset | |||||
| 4 | allow | past · passive | troops | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 5 | exercise not said to happen | to-infinitive | troops not said here | the rites of troops's religion | the existing churches | to the number of seven | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rite=Patient | ||
| 6 | exist | gerund | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 7 | prohibit | past · passive | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING» | ||||||
| 8 | erect | gerund | any others | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Product | |||||
| 9 | possess | troops's homes and effects | 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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