Legends of the conquest of Spain, Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”, sentence 82
To this Theodomir readily assented; with the exception, however, of the governor and his retinue, which was granted out of consideration for his dignity.
What happens: assent, grant · To what, where: retinue, consideration
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: 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 | To | to | ADP | _ | 3 Theodomir | case |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 Theodomir | det |
| 3 | Theodomir | Theodomir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 assented | obl |
| 4 | readily | readily | ADV | _ | 5 assented | advmod |
| 5 | assented | assent | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 exception | punct |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 exception | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 exception | det |
| 9 | exception | exception | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 assented | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 however | punct |
| 11 | however | however | ADV | _ | 5 assented | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 governor | punct |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 governor | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 governor | det |
| 15 | governor | governor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 assented | parataxis |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 retinue | cc |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 retinue | nmod:poss |
| 18 | retinue | retinue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 governor | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 granted | punct |
| 20 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 granted | nsubj:pass |
| 21 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 granted | aux:pass |
| 22 | granted | grant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 retinue | acl:relcl |
| 23 | out | out | ADP | _ | 25 consideration | case |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 consideration | case |
| 25 | consideration | consideration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 granted | obl |
| 26 | for | for | ADP | _ | 28 dignity | case |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 dignity | nmod:poss |
| 28 | dignity | dignity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 consideration | nmod |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 assented | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | assent | participle | to this Theodomir; with the exception; the governor and Theodomir's retinue parataxis; however, readily property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | grant | past · passive | Theodomir's retinue | consideration for Theodomir's dignity | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme |
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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