Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VI., sentence 39
The son of Ishmael kept his word with the children of Israel: they were protected in the possession of all their wealth, and the exercise of their religion; and were, moreover, rewarded with jewels of gold, and jewels of silver, and much monies.
Who acts: son · What happens: keep, protect, reward, word, possess, exercise · To what, where: word, words, possession, jewels, wealth, religion
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 (son), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 son | det |
| 2 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 kept | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Ishmael | case |
| 4 | Ishmael | Ishmael | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 son | nmod |
| 5 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 word | nmod:poss |
| 7 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 kept | obj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 children | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 children | det |
| 10 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 kept | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 Israel | case |
| 12 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 children | nmod |
| 13 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 16 protected | punct |
| 14 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 protected | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 protected | aux:pass |
| 16 | protected | protect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 kept | parataxis |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 possession | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 possession | det |
| 19 | possession | possession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 protected | obl |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 wealth | case |
| 21 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 23 wealth | det:predet |
| 22 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 wealth | nmod:poss |
| 23 | wealth | wealth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 possession | nmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 exercise | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 exercise | cc |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 exercise | det |
| 27 | exercise | exercise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 protected | parataxis |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 religion | case |
| 29 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 religion | nmod:poss |
| 30 | religion | religion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 exercise | nmod |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 37 rewarded | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 rewarded | cc |
| 33 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 rewarded | aux:pass |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 moreover | punct |
| 35 | moreover | moreover | ADV | _ | 37 rewarded | advmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 rewarded | punct |
| 37 | rewarded | reward | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 kept | conj |
| 38 | with | with | ADP | _ | 39 jewels | case |
| 39 | jewels | jewel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 rewarded | obl |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 gold | case |
| 41 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 jewels | nmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 jewels | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 jewels | cc |
| 44 | jewels | jewel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 rewarded | obl |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 silver | case |
| 46 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 jewels | nmod |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 monies | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 monies | cc |
| 49 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 monies | amod |
| 50 | monies | money | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 rewarded | obl |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 kept | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | the son of Ishmael | son's word | with the children of Israel | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme | |||
| 2 | protect | past · passive | words = word | the possession of words's wealth | the exercise of words's religion parataxis | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | |||
| 3 | reward | past · passive | the son of Ishmael not said here | jewels of silver | with jewels of gold; much monies obl; moreover property | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: with jewel=Theme | |||
| 4 | word | son | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 5 | possess | words's wealth | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 6 | exercise | words's religion | nom exercise «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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