Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Besieges the City of Merida., sentence 57
When admitted to the presence of Muza, the ambassadors could scarcely believe their eyes; or that this was the same withered, white-headed old man, of whom they had lately spoken with scoffing.
Who acts: ambassadors, this · What happens: admit, believe, be, speak · To what, where: presence, eyes, same withered headed old man, ambassadors · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (ambassadors, this), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 admitted | advmod |
| 2 | admitted | admit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 believe | advcl |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 presence | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 presence | det |
| 5 | presence | presence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 admitted | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Muza | case |
| 7 | Muza | Muza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 presence | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 believe | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 ambassadors | det |
| 10 | ambassadors | ambassador | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 believe | nsubj |
| 11 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 believe | aux |
| 12 | scarcely | scarcely | ADV | _ | 13 believe | advmod |
| 13 | believe | believe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 14 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 15 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 believe | obj |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 man | punct |
| 17 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 29 man | cc |
| 18 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 29 man | mark |
| 19 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 29 man | nsubj |
| 20 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 man | cop |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 man | det |
| 22 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 man | amod |
| 23 | withered | withered | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 man | amod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 withered | punct |
| 25 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 headed | amod |
| 26 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 25 white | punct |
| 27 | headed | headed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 man | amod |
| 28 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 man | amod |
| 29 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 believe | conj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 spoken | punct |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 whom | case |
| 32 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 36 spoken | obl |
| 33 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 spoken | nsubj:pass |
| 34 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 spoken | aux |
| 35 | lately | lately | ADV | _ | 36 spoken | advmod |
| 36 | spoken | speak | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 man | acl |
| 37 | with | with | ADP | _ | 38 scoffing | case |
| 38 | scoffing | scoffing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 spoken | obl |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 believe | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | admit speech: other | participle | the ambassadors not said here | the presence of Muza | vn confess-37.10 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to presence=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | believe | could | the ambassadors | ambassadors's eyes | scarcely property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer eye=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | is a | past | this | the same withered headed old man | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | speak speech: other | past · perfect · passive | ambassadors = ambassador | of the same withered headed old man; with scoffing; lately property | tree rules |
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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