Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XII., sentence 29
Muza had been incensed at their obstinate resistance, which had cost the lives of so many of his soldiers; he knew also that in the city were collected the riches of many of the towns of eastern Spain.
Who acts: obstinate resistance, MUZA, inhabitants · What happens: incense, cost, know, collect, resist · To what, where: Muza, obstinate resistance, lives, riches, city
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 (obstinate resistance, MUZA, inhabitants), 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 | 4 incensed | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 incensed | aux |
| 3 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 incensed | aux:pass |
| 4 | incensed | incense | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 resistance | case |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 resistance | nmod:poss |
| 7 | obstinate | obstinate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 resistance | amod |
| 8 | resistance | resistance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 incensed | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 cost | punct |
| 10 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 cost | nsubj |
| 11 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 cost | aux |
| 12 | cost | cost | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 resistance | acl:relcl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 lives | det |
| 14 | lives | life | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 cost | obj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 many | case |
| 16 | so | so | ADV | _ | 17 many | advmod |
| 17 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 lives | nmod |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 soldiers | case |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 soldiers | nmod:poss |
| 20 | soldiers | soldier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 many | nmod |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 knew | punct |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 knew | nsubj |
| 23 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 incensed | conj |
| 24 | also | also | ADV | _ | 25 that | advmod |
| 25 | that | that | ADV | _ | 23 knew | advmod |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 city | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 city | det |
| 28 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 collected | obl |
| 29 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 collected | aux:pass |
| 30 | collected | collect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 knew | parataxis |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 riches | det |
| 32 | riches | rich | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 collected | obj |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 towns | case |
| 34 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 towns | amod |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 towns | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 towns | det |
| 37 | towns | town | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 riches | nmod |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 Spain | case |
| 39 | eastern | eastern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 Spain | amod |
| 40 | Spain | Spain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 towns | nmod |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 incensed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | incense | past · perfect · passive | Muza | inhabitants's obstinate resistance | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | cost | past · perfect | inhabitants's obstinate resistance | the lives of many of MUZA's soldiers | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme life=Value | ||||
| 3 | know | past | MUZA | that property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | collect | past · passive | the riches of the many towns of eastern Spain | the city | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: rich=Theme | ||||
| 5 | resist | inhabitants = inhabitant | nom resistance «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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