Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Arrives At Toledo.—interview Between Him and Taric., sentence 15
The anger of the Arab commander was still more kindled at the sight of this booty, for it proved how splendid had been the victories of Taric; but he restrained his wrath for the present, and they proceeded together in moody silence to Toledo.
Who acts: anger, commander, victories, Arab commander · What happens: be, prove, restrain, proceed, anger, sight · To what, where: sight, splendid victories, wrath, moody silence, booty
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 (anger, commander, victories, Arab commander), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 anger | det |
| 2 | anger | anger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 kindled | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 commander | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 commander | det |
| 5 | Arab | Arab | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 commander | amod |
| 6 | commander | commander | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 anger | nmod |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 kindled | cop |
| 8 | still | still | ADV | _ | 10 kindled | advmod |
| 9 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 10 kindled | advmod |
| 10 | kindled | kindle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 sight | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 sight | det |
| 13 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 kindled | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 booty | case |
| 15 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 16 booty | det |
| 16 | booty | booty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 sight | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 proved | punct |
| 18 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 20 proved | mark |
| 19 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 proved | nsubj |
| 20 | proved | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 kindled | conj |
| 21 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 22 splendid | advmod |
| 22 | splendid | splendid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 victories | amod |
| 23 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 victories | aux |
| 24 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 26 victories | cop |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 victories | det |
| 26 | victories | victory | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 proved | obj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 Taric | case |
| 28 | Taric | Taric | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 victories | nmod |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 restrained | punct |
| 30 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 32 restrained | cc |
| 31 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 restrained | nsubj |
| 32 | restrained | restrain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 kindled | conj |
| 33 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 wrath | nmod:poss |
| 34 | wrath | wrath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 restrained | obj |
| 35 | for | for | ADP | _ | 37 present | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 present | det |
| 37 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 restrained | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 proceeded | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 proceeded | cc |
| 40 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 proceeded | nsubj |
| 41 | proceeded | proceed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 restrained | conj |
| 42 | together | together | ADV | _ | 41 proceeded | advmod |
| 43 | in | in | ADP | _ | 45 silence | case |
| 44 | moody | moody | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 silence | amod |
| 45 | silence | silence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 proceeded | obl |
| 46 | to | to | ADP | _ | 47 Toledo | case |
| 47 | Toledo | Toledo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 silence | nmod |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 kindled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the anger of the Arab commander | the sight of this booty | still | kindle property | tree rules | ||
| 2 | prove | past | anger | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a | past · perfect | the splendid victories | of Taric | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | restrain | past | commander | commander's wrath | for the present | vn discourage-64.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer wrath=Eventuality | |||
| 5 | proceed | past | victories = victory | moody silence to Toledo | together property | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||
| 6 | anger | the Arab commander | nom anger «feeling intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 7 | sight | this booty | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
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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