Legends of the conquest of Spain, Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”, sentence 33
Having made proper regulations for the protection of the inhabitants, he left a strong garrison in the place to prevent any future insurrection, and then departed on the further prosecution of his enterprise.
Who acts: son, enterprise · What happens: have, make, leave, prevent, depart, protect · To what, where: made proper regulations, strong garrison, place, future insurrection, further prosecution, inhabitants
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (son, enterprise), 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 | Having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 left | advcl |
| 2 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 regulations | amod |
| 3 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 regulations | amod |
| 4 | regulations | regulation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Having | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 protection | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 protection | det |
| 7 | protection | protection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Having | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 inhabitants | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 inhabitants | det |
| 10 | inhabitants | inhabitant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 protection | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Having | punct |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 left | nsubj |
| 13 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 garrison | det |
| 15 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 garrison | amod |
| 16 | garrison | garrison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 left | obj |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 place | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 place | det |
| 19 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 left | obl |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 prevent | mark |
| 21 | prevent | prevent | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 place | acl |
| 22 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 24 insurrection | det |
| 23 | future | future | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 insurrection | amod |
| 24 | insurrection | insurrection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 prevent | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 departed | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 departed | cc |
| 27 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 28 departed | advmod |
| 28 | departed | depart | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 left | conj |
| 29 | on | on | ADP | _ | 32 prosecution | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 prosecution | det |
| 31 | further | further | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 prosecution | amod |
| 32 | prosecution | prosecution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 departed | obl |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 enterprise | case |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 enterprise | nmod:poss |
| 35 | enterprise | enterprise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 prosecution | nmod |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 left | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | gerund | son not said here | made proper regulations | for the protection of the inhabitants | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent regulation=Patient | |||
| 2 | make | participle | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | ||||||
| 3 | leave | past | son | a strong garrison | the place | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent garrison=Theme in place=Location | |||
| 4 | prevent | to-infinitive | son not said here | any future insurrection | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer insurrection=Theme | ||||
| 5 | depart | participle | son not said here | the further prosecution of son's enterprise | then | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 6 | protect | the inhabitants | nom protection «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 7 | prosecute | son's enterprise | nom prosecution «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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