Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Rise of Don Roderick.—his Government., sentence 29
He was suffered, therefore, to retain his sacred office at Seville; but the see of Toledo was given in charge to the venerable Urbino; and the law of Witiza was revoked, that dispensed the clergy from their vows of celibacy.
Who acts: that, Evan · What happens: suffer, retain, give, revoke, dispense, vow · To what, where: uncle, sacred office, Seville, see, charge, law
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, The Rise of Don Roderick.—his Government.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (that, Evan), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 suffered | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 suffered | aux:pass |
| 3 | suffered | suffer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 therefore | punct |
| 5 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 3 suffered | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 retain | punct |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 retain | mark |
| 8 | retain | retain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 suffered | conj |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 office | nmod:poss |
| 10 | sacred | sacred | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 office | amod |
| 11 | office | office | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 retain | obj |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 Seville | case |
| 13 | Seville | Seville | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 retain | obl |
| 14 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 given | punct |
| 15 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 21 given | cc |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 see | det |
| 17 | see | see | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 given | nsubj:pass |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 Toledo | case |
| 19 | Toledo | Toledo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 see | nmod |
| 20 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 given | aux:pass |
| 21 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 suffered | conj |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 charge | case |
| 23 | charge | charge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 given | obl |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 27 Urbino | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 Urbino | det |
| 26 | venerable | venerable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 Urbino | amod |
| 27 | Urbino | urbino | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 charge | nmod |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 revoked | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 revoked | cc |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 law | det |
| 31 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 revoked | nsubj:pass |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 Witiza | case |
| 33 | Witiza | Witiza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 law | nmod |
| 34 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 revoked | aux:pass |
| 35 | revoked | revoke | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 suffered | conj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 dispensed | punct |
| 37 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 dispensed | nsubj |
| 38 | dispensed | dispense | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 revoked | conj |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 clergy | det |
| 40 | clergy | clergy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 dispensed | obj |
| 41 | from | from | ADP | _ | 43 vows | case |
| 42 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 vows | nmod:poss |
| 43 | vows | vow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 dispensed | obl |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 celibacy | case |
| 45 | celibacy | celibacy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 vows | nmod |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 suffered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suffer | past · passive | uncle | therefore property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | retain | to-infinitive | uncle's sacred office | Seville | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | give | past · passive | the see of Toledo | charge to the venerable Urbino | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 4 | revoke | past · passive | the law of Witiza | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | dispense | past | that | the clergy | Evan's vows of celibacy | tree rules | |||
| 6 | vow | Evan | celibacy | nom vow «communication transitive»: poss=agent 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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