Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XII., sentence 32

They collected all the jewels of their richest families, and all the ornaments of their temples, and laid them at the feet of Muza; and placed in his power many of their noblest youths as hostages.

Who acts: people · What happens: collect, lay, place · To what, where: jewels, people, feet, many, power

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 (people), 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	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 collected	nsubj
2	collected	collect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 jewels	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 jewels	det
5	jewels	jewel	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 collected	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 families	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 families	nmod:poss
8	richest	rich	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 families	amod
9	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 jewels	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 ornaments	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 ornaments	cc
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 ornaments	det:predet
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 ornaments	det
14	ornaments	ornament	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 collected	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 temples	case
16	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 temples	nmod:poss
17	temples	temple	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 ornaments	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 laid	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 laid	cc
20	laid	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 collected	conj
21	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 laid	obj
22	at	at	ADP	_	24 feet	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 feet	det
24	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 laid	obl
25	of	of	ADP	_	26 Muza	case
26	Muza	Muza	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 feet	nmod
27	;	;	PUNCT	_	29 placed	punct
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 placed	cc
29	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 collected	parataxis
30	in	in	ADP	_	32 power	case
31	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	32 power	nmod:poss
32	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 placed	obl
33	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 placed	obj
34	of	of	ADP	_	37 youths	case
35	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	37 youths	nmod:poss
36	noblest	noble	ADJ	Degree=Sup	37 youths	amod
37	youths	youth	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 many	nmod
38	as	as	ADP	_	39 hostages	case
39	hostages	hostage	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 youths	nmod
40	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 collected	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	collect	past	people	all jewels of people's richest families		all ornaments of people's temples obl	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jewel=Theme
2	lay	past	people not said here	people	the feet of Muza		vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme at foot=Destination
3	place	participle		many of people's noblest youths as hostages	MUZA's power		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent many=Theme in power=Destination

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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🌲 Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XII., sentence 32

The tree

Pragmatics

Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XII., sentence 32