Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Besieges the City of Merida., sentence 70
Among these sacred spoils was found a cup, made of a single pearl, which a king of Spain, in ancient times, had brought from the temple of Jerusalem when it was destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar.
Who acts: single pearl, Nebuchadnezzar · What happens: spoil, find, make, king, bring, destroy · To what, where: these, temple, cup
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 (single pearl, Nebuchadnezzar), 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 | Among | among | ADP | _ | 6 found | case |
| 2 | these | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 6 found | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | sacred | sacred | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 spoils | amod |
| 4 | spoils | spoil | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 these | acl:relcl |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 found | aux:pass |
| 6 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 cup | det |
| 8 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 found | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 made | punct |
| 10 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 found | conj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 pearl | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 pearl | det |
| 13 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 pearl | amod |
| 14 | pearl | pearl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 made | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 king | punct |
| 16 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 king | nsubj |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 king | det |
| 18 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 pearl | appos |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 Spain | case |
| 20 | Spain | Spain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 king | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 times | punct |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 times | case |
| 23 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 times | amod |
| 24 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 made | obl:unmarked |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 brought | punct |
| 26 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 brought | aux |
| 27 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 found | conj |
| 28 | from | from | ADP | _ | 30 temple | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 temple | det |
| 30 | temple | temple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 brought | obl |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 Jerusalem | case |
| 32 | Jerusalem | Jerusalem | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 temple | nmod |
| 33 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 36 destroyed | advmod |
| 34 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 destroyed | nsubj:pass |
| 35 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 destroyed | aux:pass |
| 36 | destroyed | destroy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 brought | advcl |
| 37 | by | by | ADP | _ | 38 Nebuchadnezzar | case |
| 38 | Nebuchadnezzar | Nebuchadnezzar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 destroyed | obl |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 found | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spoil | present | vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | find | past · passive | these | a cup obj | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme cup=Attribute | ||||
| 3 | make | participle | time | of a single pearl | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||
| 4 | king | a single pearl | of Spain | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | bring | past · perfect | the temple of Jerusalem | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from temple=Initial_Location | |||||
| 6 | destroy | past · passive | Nebuchadnezzar | cup | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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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