Legends of the conquest of Spain, Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”, sentence 8
If you love me, then, as your son, give me a command; intrust to me an enterprise; and let me acquire a name worthy to be mentioned among men.”
Who acts: you, me · What happens: love, give, intrust, let, acquire, mention · To what, where: me, command, enterprise, name
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 (you, me), 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 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 3 love | mark |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 love | nsubj |
| 3 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 give | advcl |
| 4 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 love | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 love | punct |
| 6 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 love | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 son | punct |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 son | case |
| 9 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 son | nmod:poss |
| 10 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 love | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 love | punct |
| 12 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 give | iobj |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 command | det |
| 15 | command | command | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 give | obj |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 intrust | punct |
| 17 | intrust | intrust | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 12 give | conj |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 me | case |
| 19 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 intrust | obl |
| 20 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 enterprise | det |
| 21 | enterprise | enterprise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 intrust | obj |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 let | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 let | cc |
| 24 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 12 give | parataxis |
| 25 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 let | obj |
| 26 | acquire | acquire | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 let | xcomp |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 name | det |
| 28 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 acquire | obj |
| 29 | worthy | worthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 acquire | xcomp |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 32 mentioned | mark |
| 31 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 32 mentioned | aux:pass |
| 32 | mentioned | mention | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 worthy | advcl |
| 33 | among | among | ADP | _ | 34 men | case |
| 34 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 mentioned | obl |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 24 let | punct |
| 36 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 let | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love a condition, not said to happen | present | you | me | then | your son conj | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus | ||
| 2 | give | imperative | you not said here | a command | me | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient command=Theme | |||
| 3 | intrust | infinitive | you not said here | a enterprise | me | tree rules | |||
| 4 | let | infinitive | me | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | acquire | infinitive | me not said here | a name | worthy property | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset name=Theme | |||
| 6 | mention speech: other | to-infinitive · passive | me not said here | among men | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S» |
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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