Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Arrives At Toledo.—interview Between Him and Taric., sentence 39
When the tidings came of the justice rendered by the caliph to the merits of the veteran, there was general joy throughout the army; and Muza read, in the smiling countenances of every one around him, a severe censure upon his conduct.
Who acts: tidings, general joy, Muza · What happens: come, render, be, read, smile, conduct · To what, where: justice, smiling countenances
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 (tidings, general joy, Muza), 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 | SCONJ | _ | 4 came | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 tidings | det |
| 3 | tidings | tiding | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 came | nsubj |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 was | advcl |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 justice | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 justice | det |
| 7 | justice | justice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 came | obl |
| 8 | rendered | render | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 justice | acl |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 caliph | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 caliph | det |
| 11 | caliph | caliph | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 rendered | obl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 merits | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 merits | det |
| 14 | merits | merit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 caliph | nmod |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 veteran | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 veteran | det |
| 17 | veteran | veteran | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 merits | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 came | punct |
| 19 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 20 was | expl |
| 20 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 21 | general | general | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 joy | amod |
| 22 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 was | nsubj |
| 23 | throughout | throughout | ADP | _ | 25 army | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 army | det |
| 25 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 joy | nmod |
| 26 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 read | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 read | cc |
| 28 | Muza | Muza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 read | nsubj |
| 29 | read | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 was | conj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 countenances | punct |
| 31 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 countenances | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 countenances | det |
| 33 | smiling | smile | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 34 countenances | amod |
| 34 | countenances | countenance | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 read | obl |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 one | case |
| 36 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 37 one | det |
| 37 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 countenances | nmod |
| 38 | around | around | ADP | _ | 39 him | case |
| 39 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 one | nmod |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 censure | punct |
| 41 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 censure | det |
| 42 | severe | severe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 censure | amod |
| 43 | censure | censure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 countenances | conj |
| 44 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 46 conduct | case |
| 45 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 conduct | nmod:poss |
| 46 | conduct | conduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 censure | nmod |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 was | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the tidings | of the justice | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme of justice=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | render | participle | the justice not said here | by the caliph to the merits of the veteran | vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | be | past | general joy throughout the army | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | read | past | Muza | the smiling countenances of every one around joy and a severe censure upon Muza's conduct | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | smile | gerund | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 6 | conduct | Muza | nom conduct «act 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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