Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Rise of Don Roderick.—his Government., sentence 34
The nobles, who had been roused to temporary manhood during the recent stir of war, sunk back into the inglorious state of inaction which had disgraced them during the reign of Witiza, passing their time in feasting, and dancing to the sound of loose and wanton minstrelsy.
What happens: rouse, sunk back, disgrace, pass, dance, stir · To what, where: nobles, inglorious state, inaction, feasting, sound, war
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: 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 nobles | det |
| 2 | nobles | noble | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 roused | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 roused | punct |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 roused | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 roused | aux |
| 6 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 roused | aux:pass |
| 7 | roused | rouse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 manhood | case |
| 9 | temporary | temporary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 manhood | amod |
| 10 | manhood | manhood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 roused | obl |
| 11 | during | during | ADP | _ | 14 stir | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 stir | det |
| 13 | recent | recent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 stir | amod |
| 14 | stir | stir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 roused | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 war | case |
| 16 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 stir | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 sunk | punct |
| 18 | sunk | sunk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 roused | conj |
| 19 | back | back | ADV | _ | 18 sunk | advmod |
| 20 | into | into | ADP | _ | 23 state | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 state | det |
| 22 | inglorious | inglorious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 state | amod |
| 23 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 sunk | obl |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 inaction | case |
| 25 | inaction | inaction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 state | nmod |
| 26 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 disgraced | nsubj:pass |
| 27 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 disgraced | aux |
| 28 | disgraced | disgrace | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 inaction | acl:relcl |
| 29 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 disgraced | obj |
| 30 | during | during | ADP | _ | 32 reign | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 reign | det |
| 32 | reign | reign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 disgraced | obl |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 Witiza | case |
| 34 | Witiza | Witiza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 reign | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 passing | punct |
| 36 | passing | pass | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 18 sunk | advcl |
| 37 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 time | nmod:poss |
| 38 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 passing | obj |
| 39 | in | in | ADP | _ | 40 feasting | case |
| 40 | feasting | feasting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 passing | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 dancing | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 dancing | cc |
| 43 | dancing | dance | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 36 passing | conj |
| 44 | to | to | ADP | _ | 46 sound | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 sound | det |
| 46 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 dancing | obl |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 minstrelsy | case |
| 48 | loose | loose | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 minstrelsy | amod |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 wanton | cc |
| 50 | wanton | wanton | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 loose | conj |
| 51 | minstrelsy | minstrelsy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 sound | nmod |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 roused | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rouse | past · perfect · passive | the nobles | during the recent stir of war | to temporary manhood; who nsubj:pass | vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||
| 2 | sunk back | infinitive | the inglorious state of inaction | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | disgrace | past · perfect · passive | inaction | during the reign of Witiza | nobles = noble obj | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer they=Result | |||
| 4 | pass | gerund | feasting | time | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in feasting=Location | ||||
| 5 | dance | gerund | the sound of loose minstrelsy | vn waltz-51.5 «NP V PP.trajectory PP.goal»: agent=Theme to sound=Trajectory | |||||
| 6 | stir | war | nom stir «state 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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