Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XII., sentence 2
The dissensions, which for a time had distracted the conquering army, being appeased, and the Arabian generals being apparently once more reconciled, Muza, as commander-in-chief, proceeded to complete the enterprise by subjugating the northern parts of Spain.
Who acts: Arabian generals, chief · What happens: distract, conquer, appease, be, proceed, complete · To what, where: dissensions, enterprise, northern parts
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter XII.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Arabian generals, chief), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dissensions | det |
| 2 | dissensions | dissension | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 appeased | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 distracted | punct |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 distracted | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 time | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 time | det |
| 7 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 distracted | obl |
| 8 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 distracted | aux |
| 9 | distracted | distract | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 dissensions | acl:relcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 army | det |
| 11 | conquering | conquer | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 army | amod |
| 12 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 distracted | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 appeased | punct |
| 14 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 appeased | aux:pass |
| 15 | appeased | appease | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 reconciled | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 reconciled | cc |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 generals | det |
| 19 | Arabian | Arabian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 generals | amod |
| 20 | generals | general | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 reconciled | nsubj |
| 21 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 25 reconciled | cop |
| 22 | apparently | apparently | ADV | _ | 23 once | advmod |
| 23 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 25 reconciled | advmod |
| 24 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 25 reconciled | advmod |
| 25 | reconciled | reconciled | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 appeased | conj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 Muza | punct |
| 27 | Muza | Muza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 reconciled | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 chief | punct |
| 29 | as | as | ADP | _ | 34 chief | case |
| 30 | commander | commander | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 chief | nsubj |
| 31 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 34 chief | punct |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 chief | case |
| 33 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 32 in | punct |
| 34 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 appeased | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 proceeded | punct |
| 36 | proceeded | proceed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 chief | acl:relcl |
| 37 | to | to | PART | _ | 38 complete | mark |
| 38 | complete | complete | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 proceeded | xcomp |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 enterprise | det |
| 40 | enterprise | enterprise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 complete | obj |
| 41 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 42 subjugating | mark |
| 42 | subjugating | subjugate | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 38 complete | advcl |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 parts | det |
| 44 | northern | northern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 parts | amod |
| 45 | parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 subjugating | obj |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 Spain | case |
| 47 | Spain | Spain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 parts | nmod |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 appeased | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | distract | past · perfect | the dissensions | time | the conquering army obj | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus which=Experiencer army=Result | |||
| 2 | conquer | gerund | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | appease | gerund · passive | the dissensions | as chief commander | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | is | gerund | the Arabian generals | Muza obl; once, reconciled property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | proceed | past | chief commander not said here | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 6 | complete | to-infinitive | chief commander not said here | the enterprise | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enterprise=Eventuality | ||||
| 7 | subjugate | gerund | chief commander not said here | the northern parts of Spain | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=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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