Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Arrives At Toledo.—interview Between Him and Taric., sentence 1
When Muza ben Nozier had sent his son Abdalasis to subdue Seville, he departed for Toledo, to call Taric to account for his disobedience to his orders; for, amidst all his own successes, the prosperous career of that commander preyed upon his mind.
Who acts: Muza, own successes · What happens: send, subdue, depart, call, prey, disobey · To what, where: Muza, Seville, Taric · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Muza Arrives At Toledo.—interview Between Him and Taric.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Muza, own successes), 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 | When | when | SCONJ | _ | 6 sent | mark |
| 2 | Muza | Muza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Muza | flat |
| 4 | Nozier | Nozier | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Muza | flat |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 sent | aux |
| 6 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 45 preyed | advcl |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 son | nmod:poss |
| 8 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sent | obj |
| 9 | Abdalasis | Abdalasis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 son | appos |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 subdue | mark |
| 11 | subdue | subdue | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 sent | advcl |
| 12 | Seville | Seville | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 subdue | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 departed | punct |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 departed | nsubj |
| 15 | departed | depart | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 sent | conj |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 Toledo | case |
| 17 | Toledo | Toledo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 departed | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 call | punct |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 call | mark |
| 20 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 departed | advcl |
| 21 | Taric | Taric | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 call | obj |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 account | mark |
| 23 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 call | xcomp |
| 24 | for | for | ADP | _ | 26 disobedience | case |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 disobedience | nmod:poss |
| 26 | disobedience | disobedience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 call | obl |
| 27 | to | to | ADP | _ | 29 orders | case |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 orders | nmod:poss |
| 29 | orders | order | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 call | obl |
| 30 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 37 successes | punct |
| 31 | for | for | ADP | _ | 37 successes | case |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 successes | punct |
| 33 | amidst | amidst | ADP | _ | 37 successes | case |
| 34 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 37 successes | det:predet |
| 35 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 successes | nmod:poss |
| 36 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 successes | amod |
| 37 | successes | success | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 preyed | nsubj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 career | punct |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 career | det |
| 40 | prosperous | prosperous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 career | amod |
| 41 | career | career | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 successes | appos |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 commander | case |
| 43 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 44 commander | det |
| 44 | commander | commander | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 career | nmod |
| 45 | preyed | prey | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 46 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 48 mind | case |
| 47 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 mind | nmod:poss |
| 48 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 preyed | obl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 45 preyed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past · perfect · passive | Muza | Muza's son obj | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination son=Theme | ||||
| 2 | subdue | to-infinitive | Seville | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seville=Patient | |||||
| 3 | depart | past | Muza | for Toledo | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | call | to-infinitive | Muza not said here | Taric | for Muza's disobedience; to Muza's orders; account xcomp | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent taric=Theme for disobedience=Beneficiary | |||
| 5 | prey | past | Muza's own successes | upon Muza's mind | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | disobey | Muza | nom disobedience «act transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 7 | order | Muza | nom order «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 8 | mind | Muza | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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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