Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Arrives At Toledo.—interview Between Him and Taric., sentence 17
He demanded of Taric a strict account of all the riches he had gathered in Spain, even of the presents he had reserved for the caliph; and, above all, he made him yield up his favourite trophy, the talismanic table of Solomon.
Who acts: commander, Taric · What happens: demand, gather, reserve, make, yield up, account · To what, where: strict account, riches, Spain, presents, Taric, all
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, Taric), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 demanded | nsubj |
| 2 | demanded | demand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Taric | case |
| 4 | Taric | Taric | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 demanded | obl |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 account | det |
| 6 | strict | strict | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 account | amod |
| 7 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 demanded | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 riches | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 riches | det:predet |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 riches | det |
| 11 | riches | rich | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 account | nmod |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 gathered | nsubj |
| 13 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 gathered | aux |
| 14 | gathered | gather | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 riches | acl:relcl |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 Spain | case |
| 16 | Spain | Spain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 gathered | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 reserved | punct |
| 18 | even | even | ADV | _ | 21 presents | advmod |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 presents | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 presents | det |
| 21 | presents | present | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 reserved | nsubj:pass |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 reserved | nsubj |
| 23 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 reserved | aux |
| 24 | reserved | reserve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 demanded | conj |
| 25 | for | for | ADP | _ | 27 caliph | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 caliph | det |
| 27 | caliph | caliph | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 reserved | obl |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 made | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 made | cc |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 and | punct |
| 31 | above | above | ADP | _ | 32 all | case |
| 32 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 35 made | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 all | punct |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 made | nsubj |
| 35 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 demanded | conj |
| 36 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 made | obj |
| 37 | yield | yield | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 made | xcomp |
| 38 | up | up | ADP | _ | 37 yield | compound:prt |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 trophy | nmod:poss |
| 40 | favourite | favourite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 trophy | amod |
| 41 | trophy | trophy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 yield | obj |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 table | punct |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 table | det |
| 44 | talismanic | talismanic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 table | amod |
| 45 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 trophy | conj |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 Solomon | case |
| 47 | Solomon | Solomon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 table | nmod |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 demanded | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | demand speech: request | past | commander | a strict account of all riches | of Taric | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme account=Precondition | |||
| 2 | gather | past · perfect | commander | all riches not said here | Spain | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rich=Theme | |||
| 3 | reserve | past · perfect · passive | the presents | for the caliph; commander nsubj | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for caliph=Beneficiary | ||||
| 4 | make | past | commander | Taric | all | tree rules | |||
| 5 | yield up | infinitive | Taric not said here | commander's favourite trophy and the talismanic table of Solomon | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent trophy=Theme | ||||
| 6 | account | all riches | nom account «communication 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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