Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Arrives At Toledo.—interview Between Him and Taric., sentence 7
Muza, in former days, while Taric had acted as his subordinate and indefatigable officer, had cherished and considered him as a second self; but now that he had started up to be a rival, he could not conceal his jealousy.
Who acts: Taric, Muza · What happens: act, cherish, consider, start up, be, not conceal · To what, where: Muza, Taric, rival, jealousy
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 (Taric, 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 | Muza | Muza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 cherished | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 days | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 days | case |
| 4 | former | former | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 days | amod |
| 5 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Muza | appos |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 acted | punct |
| 7 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 10 acted | mark |
| 8 | Taric | Taric | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 acted | nsubj |
| 9 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 acted | aux |
| 10 | acted | act | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 1 Muza | acl |
| 11 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 subordinate | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 subordinate | nmod:poss |
| 13 | subordinate | subordinate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 acted | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 officer | cc |
| 15 | indefatigable | indefatigable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 officer | amod |
| 16 | officer | officer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 subordinate | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Muza | punct |
| 18 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 cherished | aux |
| 19 | cherished | cherish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 considered | cc |
| 21 | considered | consider | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 cherished | conj |
| 22 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 considered | obj |
| 23 | as | as | ADP | _ | 26 self | case |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 self | det |
| 25 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 26 self | amod |
| 26 | self | self | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 considered | obl |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 cherished | punct |
| 28 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 33 started | cc |
| 29 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 33 started | advmod |
| 30 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 33 started | mark |
| 31 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 started | nsubj |
| 32 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 started | aux |
| 33 | started | start | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 19 cherished | conj |
| 34 | up | up | ADP | _ | 33 started | compound:prt |
| 35 | to | to | PART | _ | 38 rival | mark |
| 36 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 38 rival | cop |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 rival | det |
| 38 | rival | rival | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 started | advcl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 conceal | punct |
| 40 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 conceal | nsubj |
| 41 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 43 conceal | aux |
| 42 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 43 conceal | advmod |
| 43 | conceal | conceal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 cherished | conj |
| 44 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 jealousy | nmod:poss |
| 45 | jealousy | jealousy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 conceal | obj |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 cherished | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | act | past · perfect | Taric | Muza not said here | as Taric's subordinate and indefatigable officer | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent muza=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | cherish | past · perfect · passive | Muza | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | consider | past | Taric | as a second self | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Attribute | ||||
| 4 | start up | past · perfect | Muza | now | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | is a | to-infinitive | Muza not said here | a rival | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | not conceal | could | Muza | Taric's jealousy | vn concealment-16 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jealousy=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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