Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Arrives At Toledo.—interview Between Him and Taric., sentence 3
As Muza passed through the land, towns and cities submitted to him without resistance; he was lost in wonder at the riches of the country, and the noble monuments of art with which it was adorned: when he beheld the bridges, constructed in ancient times by the Romans, they seemed to him the work, not of men, but of genii.
Who acts: Muza, towns, monuments · What happens: pass, submit, lose, adorn, behold, construct · To what, where: land, Muza, wonder, noble monuments, bridges, work
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, towns, monuments), 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 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 3 passed | mark |
| 2 | Muza | Muza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 passed | nsubj |
| 3 | passed | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 submitted | advcl |
| 4 | through | through | ADP | _ | 6 land | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 land | det |
| 6 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 passed | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 passed | punct |
| 8 | towns | town | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 submitted | nsubj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 cities | cc |
| 10 | cities | city | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 towns | conj |
| 11 | submitted | submit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 him | case |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 submitted | obl |
| 14 | without | without | ADP | _ | 15 resistance | case |
| 15 | resistance | resistance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 submitted | obl |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 lost | punct |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 lost | nsubj |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 lost | aux:pass |
| 19 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 submitted | parataxis |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 wonder | case |
| 21 | wonder | wonder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 lost | obl |
| 22 | at | at | ADP | _ | 24 riches | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 riches | det |
| 24 | riches | rich | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 lost | obl |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 country | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 country | det |
| 27 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 riches | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 adorned | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 adorned | cc |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 monuments | det |
| 31 | noble | noble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 monuments | amod |
| 32 | monuments | monument | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 adorned | nsubj |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 art | case |
| 34 | art | art | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 adorned | obl |
| 35 | with | with | ADP | _ | 36 which | case |
| 36 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 adorned | obl |
| 37 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 adorned | nsubj:pass |
| 38 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 adorned | aux:pass |
| 39 | adorned | adorn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 lost | conj |
| 40 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 43 beheld | punct |
| 41 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 43 beheld | advmod |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 beheld | nsubj |
| 43 | beheld | behold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 submitted | parataxis |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 bridges | det |
| 45 | bridges | bridge | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 beheld | obj |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 constructed | punct |
| 47 | constructed | construct | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 beheld | conj |
| 48 | in | in | ADP | _ | 50 times | case |
| 49 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 times | amod |
| 50 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 47 constructed | obl |
| 51 | by | by | ADP | _ | 53 Romans | case |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 Romans | det |
| 53 | Romans | Roman | PROPN | Number=Plur | 47 constructed | obl:agent |
| 54 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 56 seemed | punct |
| 55 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 seemed | nsubj |
| 56 | seemed | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 beheld | conj |
| 57 | to | to | ADP | _ | 58 him | case |
| 58 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 56 seemed | obl |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 work | det |
| 60 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 seemed | obj |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 men | punct |
| 62 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 64 men | advmod |
| 63 | of | of | ADP | _ | 64 men | case |
| 64 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 56 seemed | obl |
| 65 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 68 genii | punct |
| 66 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 68 genii | cc |
| 67 | of | of | ADP | _ | 68 genii | case |
| 68 | genii | genii | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 beheld | conj |
| 69 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 submitted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | past | Muza | the land | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through land=Location | ||||
| 2 | submit | past | towns and cities | Muza | without resistance | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to he=Pivot | |||
| 3 | lose | past · passive | Muza | wonder | at the riches of the country | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | |||
| 4 | adorn | past · passive | the noble monuments | of art; which obl | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with which=Theme | ||||
| 5 | behold | past | Muza | the bridges | genii conj | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bridge=Stimulus | |||
| 6 | construct | participle | Muza not said here | time | the Romans obl:agent | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||
| 7 | seem | past | monuments = monument | the work | Muza | of men | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme work=Attribute |
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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