Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Besieges the City of Merida., sentence 43

The governor suspected from this cessation of active warfare, that the enemy flattered themselves to reduce the place by famine; he caused, therefore, large baskets of bread to be thrown from the wall, and sent a messenger to Muza to inform him that if his army should be in want of bread, he would supply it, having sufficient corn in his granaries for a ten years’ siege.

Who acts: governor, enemy, army, Muza · What happens: suspect, flatter, reduce, cause, throw, send · To what, where: cessation, governor, place, large baskets, wall, messenger

This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Muza Besieges the City of Merida.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (governor, enemy, army, 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	2 governor	det
2	governor	governor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 suspected	nsubj
3	suspected	suspect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 cessation	case
5	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 cessation	det
6	cessation	cessation	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 suspected	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 warfare	case
8	active	active	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 warfare	amod
9	warfare	warfare	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cessation	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 flattered	punct
11	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 flattered	mark
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 enemy	det
13	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 flattered	nsubj
14	flattered	flatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 suspected	conj
15	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	14 flattered	obj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 reduce	mark
17	reduce	reduce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 flattered	advcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 place	det
19	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 reduce	obj
20	by	by	ADP	_	21 famine	case
21	famine	famine	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 reduce	obl
22	;	;	PUNCT	_	24 caused	punct
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 caused	nsubj
24	caused	cause	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 suspected	parataxis
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 baskets	punct
26	therefore	therefore	ADV	_	29 baskets	advmod
27	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 therefore	punct
28	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 baskets	amod
29	baskets	basket	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 caused	obl
30	of	of	ADP	_	31 bread	case
31	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 baskets	nmod
32	to	to	PART	_	34 thrown	mark
33	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	34 thrown	aux:pass
34	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	31 bread	acl
35	from	from	ADP	_	37 wall	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	37 wall	det
37	wall	wall	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 thrown	obl
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 sent	punct
39	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 sent	cc
40	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 caused	conj
41	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	42 messenger	det
42	messenger	messenger	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 sent	obj
43	to	to	ADP	_	44 Muza	case
44	Muza	Muza	PROPN	Number=Sing	40 sent	obl
45	to	to	PART	_	46 inform	mark
46	inform	inform	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	40 sent	advcl
47	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	46 inform	obj
48	that	that	SCONJ	_	61 supply	mark
49	if	if	SCONJ	_	55 want	mark
50	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	51 army	nmod:poss
51	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 want	nsubj
52	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	55 want	aux
53	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	55 want	cop
54	in	in	ADP	_	55 want	case
55	want	want	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 supply	advcl
56	of	of	ADP	_	57 bread	case
57	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 want	nmod
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 want	punct
59	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 supply	nsubj
60	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	61 supply	aux
61	supply	supply	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	46 inform	advcl
62	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	61 supply	obj
63	,	,	PUNCT	_	64 having	punct
64	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	61 supply	advcl
65	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	66 corn	amod
66	corn	corn	NOUN	Number=Sing	64 having	obj
67	in	in	ADP	_	69 granaries	case
68	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	69 granaries	nmod:poss
69	granaries	granary	NOUN	Number=Plur	64 having	obl
70	for	for	ADP	_	75 siege	case
71	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	73 years	det
72	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	73 years	nummod
73	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	75 siege	nmod:poss
74	’	's	PART	_	73 years	case
75	siege	siege	NOUN	Number=Sing	69 granaries	nmod
76	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 suspected	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	suspect	participle	the governor			this cessation of active warfare		vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	flatter	past	the enemy	governor				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus themselves=Experiencer
3	reduce	to-infinitive	the enemy not said here	the place			by famine	vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer place=Patient
4	cause	past	enemy	large baskets of bread				vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
5	throw	to-infinitive · passive	enemy not said here			the wall		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: from wall=Initial_Location
6	send	past	enemy not said here	a messenger	Muza			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme to muza=Destination
7	inform speech: other	to-infinitive	enemy not said here		Muza			vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
8	is a condition, not said to happen	should	Muza's army			want	of bread	tree rules
9	supply	would	Muza	place				vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient
10	have	gerund	Muza not said here	sufficient corn		Muza's granaries for a ten years's siege		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent corn=Patient
11	cease			active warfare				nom cessation «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, Muza Besieges the City of Merida., sentence 43