Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIII., sentence 17
He gave this favourite son much sage advice for the regulation of his conduct, and left with him his nephew Ayub, a man greatly honoured by the Moslems for his wisdom and discretion; exhorting Abdalasis to consult him on all occasions, and consider him as his bosom counsellor.
Who acts: man · What happens: give, leave, honour, exhort, consult, consider · To what, where: much sage advice, favourite son, nephew, man, Abdalasis, occasions
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter XIII.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (man), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 gave | nsubj |
| 2 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 son | det |
| 4 | favourite | favourite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 son | amod |
| 5 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | iobj |
| 6 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 advice | amod |
| 7 | sage | sage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 advice | compound |
| 8 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | obj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 regulation | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 regulation | det |
| 11 | regulation | regulation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 conduct | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 conduct | nmod:poss |
| 14 | conduct | conduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 regulation | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 left | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 left | cc |
| 17 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 gave | conj |
| 18 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 him | case |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 left | obl |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 nephew | nmod:poss |
| 21 | nephew | nephew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 left | obj |
| 22 | Ayub | Ayub | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 nephew | appos |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 man | punct |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 man | det |
| 25 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 nephew | conj |
| 26 | greatly | greatly | ADV | _ | 27 honoured | advmod |
| 27 | honoured | honour | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 man | acl |
| 28 | by | by | ADP | _ | 30 Moslems | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 Moslems | det |
| 30 | Moslems | Moslem | PROPN | Number=Plur | 27 honoured | obl |
| 31 | for | for | ADP | _ | 33 wisdom | case |
| 32 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 wisdom | nmod:poss |
| 33 | wisdom | wisdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 honoured | obl |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 discretion | cc |
| 35 | discretion | discretion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 wisdom | conj |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 37 exhorting | punct |
| 37 | exhorting | exhort | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 left | advcl |
| 38 | Abdalasis | Abdalasis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 exhorting | obj |
| 39 | to | to | PART | _ | 40 consult | mark |
| 40 | consult | consult | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 exhorting | xcomp |
| 41 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 consult | obj |
| 42 | on | on | ADP | _ | 44 occasions | case |
| 43 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 44 occasions | det |
| 44 | occasions | occasion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 consult | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 consider | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 consider | cc |
| 47 | consider | consider | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 gave | conj |
| 48 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 47 consider | obj |
| 49 | as | as | ADP | _ | 52 counsellor | case |
| 50 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 counsellor | nmod:poss |
| 51 | bosom | bosom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 counsellor | compound |
| 52 | counsellor | counsellor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 consider | obl |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 gave | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | man | much sage advice | this favourite son | for the regulation of man's conduct | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent son=Recipient advice=Theme for regulation=Asset | ||
| 2 | leave | past | man not said here | man's nephew and a man | with man | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent nephew=Recipient with he=Theme | |||
| 3 | honour | participle | a man not said here | by the Moslems; for man's wisdom and discretion; greatly property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | exhort | gerund | man not said here | Abdalasis | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent abdalasis=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 5 | consult | to-infinitive | man not said here | man | all occasions | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 6 | consider | infinitive | man not said here | man | as man's bosom counsellor | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Attribute | |||
| 7 | regulate | man's conduct | nom regulation «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 8 | conduct | man | 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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