Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Ben Nozier.—his Entrance Into Spain, and Capture of Carmona., sentence 9
The jealous spirit of Muza was still more exasperated by these tidings: he looked upon Taric no longer as a friend and coadjutor, but as an invidious rival, the decided enemy of his glory; and he determined on his ruin.
Who acts: tidings, Muza · What happens: exasperate, look, determine, glory, ruin · To what, where: jealous spirit, ruin
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Muza Ben Nozier.—his Entrance Into Spain, and Capture of Carmona.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (tidings, Muza), 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 | 3 spirit | det |
| 2 | jealous | jealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 spirit | amod |
| 3 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 exasperated | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Muza | case |
| 5 | Muza | Muza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 spirit | nmod |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 exasperated | aux |
| 7 | still | still | ADV | _ | 9 exasperated | advmod |
| 8 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 9 exasperated | advmod |
| 9 | exasperated | exasperate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 tidings | case |
| 11 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 12 tidings | det |
| 12 | tidings | tiding | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 exasperated | obl |
| 13 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 15 looked | punct |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 looked | nsubj |
| 15 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 exasperated | parataxis |
| 16 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 17 Taric | case |
| 17 | Taric | Taric | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 looked | obl |
| 18 | no | no | ADV | _ | 19 longer | advmod |
| 19 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 15 looked | advmod |
| 20 | as | as | ADP | _ | 22 friend | case |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 friend | det |
| 22 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 longer | obl |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 coadjutor | cc |
| 24 | coadjutor | coadjutor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 friend | conj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 rival | punct |
| 26 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 30 rival | cc |
| 27 | as | as | ADP | _ | 30 rival | case |
| 28 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 rival | det |
| 29 | invidious | invidious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 rival | amod |
| 30 | rival | rival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 looked | parataxis |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 enemy | punct |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 enemy | det |
| 33 | decided | decided | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 enemy | amod |
| 34 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 rival | appos |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 glory | case |
| 36 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 glory | nmod:poss |
| 37 | glory | glory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 enemy | nmod |
| 38 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 determined | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 determined | cc |
| 40 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 determined | nsubj |
| 41 | determined | determine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 exasperated | conj |
| 42 | on | on | ADP | _ | 44 ruin | case |
| 43 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 ruin | nmod:poss |
| 44 | ruin | ruin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 determined | obl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 exasperated | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | exasperate | past · passive | this tidings | the jealous spirit of Muza | still | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | look | past | Muza | upon Taric; a invidious rival parataxis; long property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon taric=Theme | ||||
| 3 | determine | past | Muza | Muza's ruin | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | glory | Muza | nom glory «state intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 5 | ruin | Muza | nom ruin «state 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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