Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Besieges the City of Merida., sentence 76

He would have engaged the governor in his service, or have persuaded him to remain in the city, as an illustrious vassal of the caliph; but the noble-minded Sacarus refused to bend to the yoke of the conquerors; nor could he bring himself to reside contentedly in his country, when subjected to the domination of the infidels.

Who acts: minded Sacarus, Sacarus, infidels · What happens: engage, persuade, remain, refuse, not bend, bring · To what, where: Sacarus, service, city, yoke, country

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 (minded Sacarus, Sacarus, infidels), 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	4 engaged	nsubj:pass
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 engaged	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 engaged	aux
4	engaged	engage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 governor	det
6	governor	governor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 engaged	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 service	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 service	nmod:poss
9	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 engaged	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 persuaded	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 persuaded	cc
12	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 persuaded	aux
13	persuaded	persuade	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 engaged	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 persuaded	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 remain	mark
16	remain	remain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 persuaded	ccomp
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 city	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 city	det
19	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 remain	obl
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 vassal	punct
21	as	as	ADP	_	24 vassal	case
22	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 vassal	det
23	illustrious	illustrious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 vassal	amod
24	vassal	vassal	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 remain	obl
25	of	of	ADP	_	27 caliph	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 caliph	det
27	caliph	caliph	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 vassal	nmod
28	;	;	PUNCT	_	35 refused	punct
29	but	but	CCONJ	_	35 refused	cc
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	34 Sacarus	det
31	noble	noble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 minded	amod
32	-	-	PUNCT	_	31 noble	punct
33	minded	minded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	34 Sacarus	amod
34	Sacarus	Sacarus	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 refused	nsubj
35	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 engaged	conj
36	to	to	PART	_	37 bend	mark
37	bend	bend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	35 refused	xcomp
38	to	to	ADP	_	40 yoke	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 yoke	det
40	yoke	yoke	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 bend	obl
41	of	of	ADP	_	43 conquerors	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 conquerors	det
43	conquerors	conqueror	NOUN	Number=Plur	40 yoke	nmod
44	;	;	PUNCT	_	48 bring	punct
45	nor	nor	CCONJ	Polarity=Neg	48 bring	cc
46	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	48 bring	aux
47	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	48 bring	nsubj
48	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 engaged	conj
49	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	48 bring	obj
50	to	to	PART	_	51 reside	mark
51	reside	reside	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	48 bring	advcl
52	contentedly	contentedly	ADV	_	51 reside	advmod
53	in	in	ADP	_	55 country	case
54	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	55 country	nmod:poss
55	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 reside	obl
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 subjected	punct
57	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	58 subjected	advmod
58	subjected	subject	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	55 country	acl
59	to	to	ADP	_	61 domination	case
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 domination	det
61	domination	domination	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 subjected	obl
62	of	of	ADP	_	64 infidels	case
63	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	64 infidels	det
64	infidels	infidel	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 domination	nmod
65	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 engaged	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	engage	would · perfect · passive		Sacarus	Sacarus's service	the governor obj	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer governor=Result
2	persuade	infinitive · perfect		Sacarus			vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Patient clause=Result
3	remain	to-infinitive			the city	as a illustrious vassal of the caliph	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in city=Location
4	refuse	past	the minded Sacarus				vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
5	not bend	to-infinitive	the minded Sacarus not said here		the yoke of the conquerors		vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to yoke=Location
6	bring	could	Sacarus	Sacarus			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent himself=Theme
7	reside	to-infinitive	Sacarus not said here		Sacarus's country	contentedly property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in country=Location
8	subject	participle				to the domination of the infidels	tree rules
9	service		Sacarus				nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent
10	dominate		the infidels				nom domination «act intransitive»: of=agent

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 76