Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Arrives At Toledo.—interview Between Him and Taric., sentence 16
When he entered this royal city, however, and ascended to the ancient palace of the Gothic kings, and reflected that all this had been a scene of triumph to his rival, he could no longer repress his indignation.
Who acts: commander, this · What happens: enter, ascend, reflect, be, repress · To what, where: royal city, ancient palace, scene, indignation
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 (commander, this), 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 | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 entered | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 entered | nsubj |
| 3 | entered | enter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 repress | advcl |
| 4 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 city | det |
| 5 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 city | amod |
| 6 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 entered | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 however | punct |
| 8 | however | however | ADV | _ | 3 entered | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 ascended | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 ascended | cc |
| 11 | ascended | ascend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 entered | conj |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 palace | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 palace | det |
| 14 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 palace | amod |
| 15 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 ascended | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 kings | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 kings | det |
| 18 | Gothic | gothic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 kings | amod |
| 19 | kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 palace | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 reflected | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 reflected | cc |
| 22 | reflected | reflect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 entered | conj |
| 23 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 29 scene | mark |
| 24 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 29 scene | det:predet |
| 25 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 29 scene | nsubj |
| 26 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 scene | aux |
| 27 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 29 scene | cop |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 scene | det |
| 29 | scene | scene | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 reflected | ccomp |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 triumph | case |
| 31 | triumph | triumph | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 scene | nmod |
| 32 | to | to | ADP | _ | 34 rival | case |
| 33 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 rival | nmod:poss |
| 34 | rival | rival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 scene | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 entered | punct |
| 36 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 repress | nsubj |
| 37 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 40 repress | aux |
| 38 | no | no | ADV | _ | 39 longer | advmod |
| 39 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 40 repress | advmod |
| 40 | repress | repress | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 41 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 indignation | nmod:poss |
| 42 | indignation | indignation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 repress | obj |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 40 repress | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enter | past | commander | this royal city | however property | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme city=Destination | |||
| 2 | ascend | participle | commander not said here | the ancient palace of the Gothic kings | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to palace=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | reflect | past | commander not said here | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is a | past · perfect | this | all scene | of triumph; to commander's rival | tree rules | |||
| 5 | repress | could | commander | commander's indignation | long property | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent indignation=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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