Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Arrives At Toledo.—interview Between Him and Taric., sentence 25
“Perhaps he may,” replied Muza bitterly; “but, in the meantime, I cannot confide his interests to a desperado, who is heedless of orders and throws every thing at hazard.
Who acts: Muza, desperado, sovereign · What happens: reply, not confide, be, throw, interest · To what, where: interests, desperado, meantime, thing, hazard · 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, desperado, sovereign), 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 | _ | 7 replied | punct |
| 2 | Perhaps | perhaps | ADV | _ | 4 may | advmod |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 may | nsubj |
| 4 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 replied | aux |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 may | punct |
| 6 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 may | punct |
| 7 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | Muza | Muza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 replied | obj |
| 9 | bitterly | bitterly | ADV | _ | 7 replied | advmod |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 confide | punct |
| 11 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 confide | punct |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 21 confide | cc |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 but | punct |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 meantime | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 meantime | det |
| 16 | meantime | meantime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 confide | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 meantime | punct |
| 18 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 confide | nsubj |
| 19 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 confide | aux |
| 20 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 21 confide | advmod |
| 21 | confide | confide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 replied | conj |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 interests | nmod:poss |
| 23 | interests | interest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 confide | obj |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 desperado | case |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 desperado | det |
| 26 | desperado | desperado | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 confide | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 heedless | punct |
| 28 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 30 heedless | nsubj |
| 29 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 heedless | cop |
| 30 | heedless | heedless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 desperado | appos |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 orders | case |
| 32 | orders | order | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 heedless | obl |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 throws | cc |
| 34 | throws | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 heedless | conj |
| 35 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 36 thing | det |
| 36 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 throws | obj |
| 37 | at | at | ADP | _ | 38 hazard | case |
| 38 | hazard | hazard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 throws | obl |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 replied | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reply speech: assert | may | Muza | bitterly property | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | not confide speech: other in a quote | can | Muza | sovereign's interests | a desperado | the meantime | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent interest=Topic to desperado=Recipient | ||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | a desperado | of orders; heedless property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | throw in a quote | present | a desperado not said here | every thing | hazard | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent thing=Theme at hazard=Destination | |||
| 5 | interest in a quote | sovereign | nom interest «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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