Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Arrives At Toledo.—interview Between Him and Taric., sentence 36
In the course of a little while Muza received a humiliating letter from the caliph, ordering him to restore Taric to the command of the soldiers “whom he had so gloriously conducted;” and not to render useless “one of the best swords in Islam!”
What happens: receive, humiliate, order, restore, conduct, not render · To what, where: humiliating letter, course, Muza, Taric, command, soldiers · 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: 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 course | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 course | det |
| 3 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 received | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Muza | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 little | det |
| 6 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 Muza | amod |
| 7 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 8 Muza | mark |
| 8 | Muza | Muza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 course | nmod |
| 9 | received | receive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 letter | det |
| 11 | humiliating | humiliate | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 letter | amod |
| 12 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 received | obj |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 caliph | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 caliph | det |
| 15 | caliph | caliph | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 letter | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 ordering | punct |
| 17 | ordering | order | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 received | advcl |
| 18 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 ordering | obj |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 restore | mark |
| 20 | restore | restore | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 ordering | xcomp |
| 21 | Taric | Taric | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 restore | obj |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 command | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 command | det |
| 24 | command | command | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 restore | obl |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 soldiers | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 soldiers | det |
| 27 | soldiers | soldier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 command | nmod |
| 28 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 34 conducted | punct |
| 29 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 31 had | obj |
| 30 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 had | nsubj |
| 31 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 conducted | aux |
| 32 | so | so | ADV | _ | 34 conducted | advmod |
| 33 | gloriously | gloriously | ADV | _ | 34 conducted | advmod |
| 34 | conducted | conduct | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 27 soldiers | acl:relcl |
| 35 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 received | punct |
| 36 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 received | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 render | cc |
| 38 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 40 render | advmod |
| 39 | to | to | PART | _ | 40 render | mark |
| 40 | render | render | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 received | conj |
| 41 | useless | useless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 render | xcomp |
| 42 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 43 one | punct |
| 43 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 41 useless | conj |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 swords | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 swords | det |
| 46 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 47 swords | amod |
| 47 | swords | sword | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 one | nmod |
| 48 | in | in | ADP | _ | 49 Islam | case |
| 49 | Islam | Islam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 swords | nmod |
| 50 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 40 render | punct |
| 51 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 40 render | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | receive | past | a humiliating letter | the course of little Muza | from the caliph | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent letter=Theme from caliph=Source | |||
| 2 | humiliate | gerund | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 3 | order | gerund | Muza | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | restore not said to happen | to-infinitive | Taric | the command of the soldiers | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent taric=Theme to command=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | conduct in a quote | past · perfect | gloriously property | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | not render | to-infinitive | useless property | vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | command | the soldiers | nom command «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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