Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Arrives At Toledo.—interview Between Him and Taric., sentence 11
“I have acted,” replied Taric, “in such manner as I thought would best serve the cause of Islam; and in so doing I thought to fulfil the wishes of Muza.
Who acts: Taric, best, Muza · What happens: act, reply, think, serve, do, fulfil · To what, where: cause, wishes, Islam · 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 (Taric, best, Muza), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 acted | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 acted | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 acted | aux |
| 4 | acted | act | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 replied | advcl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 acted | punct |
| 6 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 acted | punct |
| 7 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | Taric | Taric | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 replied | nsubj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 manner | punct |
| 10 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 manner | punct |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 manner | case |
| 12 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 manner | amod |
| 13 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Taric | appos |
| 14 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 16 thought | mark |
| 15 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 thought | nsubj |
| 16 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 manner | advcl |
| 17 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 serve | aux |
| 18 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 19 serve | nsubj |
| 19 | serve | serve | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 thought | ccomp |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 cause | det |
| 21 | cause | cause | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 serve | obj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 Islam | case |
| 23 | Islam | Islam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 cause | nmod |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 thought | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 thought | cc |
| 26 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 28 doing | mark |
| 27 | so | so | ADV | _ | 28 doing | advmod |
| 28 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 30 thought | advcl |
| 29 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 thought | nsubj |
| 30 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 replied | conj |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 32 fulfil | mark |
| 32 | fulfil | fulfil | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 thought | xcomp |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 wishes | det |
| 34 | wishes | wish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 fulfil | obj |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 Muza | case |
| 36 | Muza | Muza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 wishes | nmod |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 replied | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | act in a quote | present · perfect | Taric | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | reply speech: assert | past | Taric | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | think speech: other in a quote | past | Taric | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | serve in a quote | would | best | the cause of Islam | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cause=Attribute | ||||
| 5 | do in a quote | gerund | Taric not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | think speech: other in a quote | past | Taric | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 7 | fulfil in a quote | to-infinitive | Taric not said here | the wishes of Muza | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | cause in a quote | Islam | nom cause «event transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 9 | wish in a quote | Muza | nom wish «feeling 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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