Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VI., sentence 43

This marvellous relic was carefully preserved by Taric, as the most precious of all his spoils, being intended by him as a present to the caliph; and in commemoration of it, the city was called by the Arabs, Medina Almeyda; that is to say, “The City of the Table.”

Who acts: Taric, that · What happens: preserve, spoil, intend, call, be, commemorate · To what, where: marvellous relic, city, commemoration, relic · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Taric, that), 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	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 relic	det
2	marvellous	marvellous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 relic	amod
3	relic	relic	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 preserved	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 preserved	aux:pass
5	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	6 preserved	advmod
6	preserved	preserve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 Taric	case
8	Taric	Taric	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 preserved	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 precious	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 precious	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 precious	det
12	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	13 precious	advmod
13	precious	precious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 preserved	conj
14	of	of	SCONJ	_	17 spoils	mark
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 spoils	det:predet
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 spoils	nmod:poss
17	spoils	spoil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 precious	advcl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 intended	punct
19	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 intended	aux:pass
20	intended	intend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 spoils	conj
21	by	by	ADP	_	22 him	case
22	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 intended	obl
23	as	as	ADP	_	25 present	case
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 present	det
25	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 intended	obl
26	to	to	ADP	_	28 caliph	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 caliph	det
28	caliph	caliph	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 present	nmod
29	;	;	PUNCT	_	39 called	punct
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	39 called	cc
31	in	in	ADP	_	32 commemoration	case
32	commemoration	commemoration	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 called	obl
33	of	of	ADP	_	34 it	case
34	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	32 commemoration	nmod
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 commemoration	punct
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 city	det
37	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 called	nsubj:pass
38	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 called	aux:pass
39	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 preserved	conj
40	by	by	ADP	_	42 Arabs	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 Arabs	det
42	Arabs	Arab	PROPN	Number=Plur	39 called	xcomp
43	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 Medina	punct
44	Medina	Medina	PROPN	Number=Sing	42 Arabs	conj
45	Almeyda	Almeyda	PROPN	Number=Sing	44 Medina	flat
46	;	;	PUNCT	_	50 say	punct
47	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	50 say	nsubj:outer
48	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	50 say	cop
49	to	to	PART	_	50 say	mark
50	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 preserved	parataxis
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 City	punct
52	“	"	PUNCT	_	54 City	punct
53	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 City	det
54	City	City	PROPN	Number=Sing	50 say	obj
55	of	of	ADP	_	57 Table	case
56	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	57 Table	det
57	Table	Table	PROPN	Number=Sing	54 City	nmod
58	.	.	PUNCT	_	50 say	punct
59	”	"	PUNCT	_	50 say	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	preserve	past · passive	Taric	this marvellous relic		carefully property	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary
2	spoil	present	Taric not said here			Taric nmod:poss	vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	intend	gerund · passive	Taric			as a present to the caliph	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as present=Attribute
4	call	past · passive		the city	commemoration of relic	the Arabs and Medina xcomp	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
5	is	present	that			the City of the Table obj; say property	tree rules
6	commemorate			relic			nom commemoration «event 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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🌲 Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VI., sentence 43

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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VI., sentence 43