Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VI., sentence 42
It was composed of one single and entire emerald, and possessed talismanic powers; for tradition affirms that it was the work of genii, and had been wrought by them for King Solomon the Wise, the son of David.
Who acts: CITY, genii · What happens: compose, possess, affirm, be, wrought · To what, where: CITY, talismanic powers, work
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 (CITY, genii), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 composed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 composed | aux:pass |
| 3 | composed | compose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 emerald | case |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 emerald | nummod |
| 6 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 emerald | amod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 entire | cc |
| 8 | entire | entire | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 single | conj |
| 9 | emerald | emerald | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 composed | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 possessed | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 possessed | cc |
| 12 | possessed | possess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 composed | parataxis |
| 13 | talismanic | talismanic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 powers | amod |
| 14 | powers | power | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 possessed | obj |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 affirms | punct |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 tradition | case |
| 17 | tradition | tradition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 affirms | obl |
| 18 | affirms | affirm | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 possessed | conj |
| 19 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 23 work | mark |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 work | nsubj |
| 21 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 work | cop |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 work | det |
| 23 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 affirms | advcl |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 genii | case |
| 25 | genii | genii | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 work | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 wrought | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 wrought | cc |
| 28 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 wrought | aux |
| 29 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 30 wrought | aux:pass |
| 30 | wrought | wrought | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 possessed | conj |
| 31 | by | by | ADP | _ | 32 them | case |
| 32 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 wrought | obl |
| 33 | for | for | ADP | _ | 35 Solomon | case |
| 34 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 Solomon | compound |
| 35 | Solomon | Solomon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 wrought | obl |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 Wise | det |
| 37 | Wise | Wise | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 Solomon | appos |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 son | punct |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 son | det |
| 40 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 Solomon | appos |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 David | case |
| 42 | David | David | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 son | nmod |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 composed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | compose | past · passive | CITY | of one single emerald | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | ||||
| 2 | possess | past | talismanic powers | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot power=Theme | |||||
| 3 | affirm | present | for tradition | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for tradition=Attribute | |||||
| 4 | is a | past | CITY | the work | of genii | tree rules | |||
| 5 | wrought | past · perfect · passive | genii | for King Solomon | tree rules |
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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