Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VI., sentence 36
These were the crowns of the different Gothic kings who had reigned in Spain; it having been the usage, on the death of each king, to deposit his crown in this treasury, inscribing on it his name and age.
Who acts: These, different Gothic kings, spoil, king, Spain · What happens: be, reign, deposit, inscribe, die, crown · To what, where: crowns, Spain, usage, death, crown, treasury
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 (These, different Gothic kings, spoil, king), 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 | These | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 4 crowns | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 crowns | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 crowns | det |
| 4 | crowns | crown | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 kings | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 kings | det |
| 7 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 kings | amod |
| 8 | Gothic | gothic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 kings | amod |
| 9 | kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 crowns | nmod |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 reigned | nsubj |
| 11 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 reigned | aux |
| 12 | reigned | reign | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 kings | acl:relcl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 Spain | case |
| 14 | Spain | Spain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 reigned | obl |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 usage | punct |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 usage | nsubj |
| 17 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 20 usage | aux |
| 18 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 20 usage | cop |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 usage | det |
| 20 | usage | usage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 crowns | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 death | punct |
| 22 | on | on | ADP | _ | 24 death | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 death | det |
| 24 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 usage | nmod |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 king | case |
| 26 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 27 king | det |
| 27 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 death | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 deposit | punct |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 deposit | mark |
| 30 | deposit | deposit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 20 usage | parataxis |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 crown | nmod:poss |
| 32 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 deposit | obj |
| 33 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 treasury | case |
| 34 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 35 treasury | det |
| 35 | treasury | treasury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 deposit | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 inscribing | punct |
| 37 | inscribing | inscribe | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 30 deposit | advcl |
| 38 | on | on | ADP | _ | 39 it | case |
| 39 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 inscribing | obl |
| 40 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 name | nmod:poss |
| 41 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 inscribing | obj |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 age | cc |
| 43 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 name | conj |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 crowns | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | These | the crowns and the usage | of the different Gothic kings | tree rules | |||
| 2 | reign | past · perfect | the different Gothic kings | Spain | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is a | gerund · perfect | spoil | the usage | the death of each king | tree rules | |||
| 4 | deposit | to-infinitive | Spain's crown | this treasury | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent crown=Theme in treasury=Destination | ||||
| 5 | inscribe | gerund | Spain's name and age | spoil | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent name=Theme on it=Destination | ||||
| 6 | die | each king | nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 7 | crown | Spain | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 8 | name | Spain | nom name «communication 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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