Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIII., sentence 28
Thus having secured, as he thought, the power and prosperity of his family, by placing all his sons as his lieutenants in the country he had conquered, he departed for Syria, bearing with him the sumptuous spoils of the west.
Who acts: Cadiz, sumptuous · What happens: secure, think, place, conquer, depart, bear · To what, where: power, sons, country
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 (Cadiz, sumptuous), 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 | Thus | thus | ADV | _ | 3 secured | advmod |
| 2 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 secured | aux |
| 3 | secured | secure | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 thought | punct |
| 5 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 thought | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 thought | nsubj |
| 7 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 secured | advcl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 power | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 power | det |
| 10 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 thought | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 prosperity | cc |
| 12 | prosperity | prosperity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 power | conj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 family | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 family | nmod:poss |
| 15 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 power | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 placing | punct |
| 17 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 18 placing | mark |
| 18 | placing | place | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 thought | advcl |
| 19 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 21 sons | det:predet |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 sons | nmod:poss |
| 21 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 placing | obj |
| 22 | as | as | ADP | _ | 24 lieutenants | case |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 lieutenants | nmod:poss |
| 24 | lieutenants | lieutenant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 placing | obl |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 country | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 country | det |
| 27 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 lieutenants | nmod |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 conquered | nsubj |
| 29 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 30 conquered | aux |
| 30 | conquered | conquer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 27 country | acl:relcl |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 departed | punct |
| 32 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 departed | nsubj |
| 33 | departed | depart | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 secured | conj |
| 34 | for | for | ADP | _ | 35 Syria | case |
| 35 | Syria | Syria | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 departed | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 bearing | punct |
| 37 | bearing | bear | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 42 spoils | csubj |
| 38 | with | with | ADP | _ | 39 him | case |
| 39 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 bearing | obl |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 sumptuous | det |
| 41 | sumptuous | sumptuous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 spoils | nsubj |
| 42 | spoils | spoil | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 33 departed | parataxis |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 west | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 west | det |
| 45 | west | west | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 spoils | obl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 secured | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | secure | gerund · perfect | thus property | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | think speech: other | past | Cadiz | the power of Cadiz's family and prosperity | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot power=Theme | ||||
| 3 | place | gerund | Cadiz not said here | Cadiz's sons | as Cadiz's lieutenants in the country | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme | |||
| 4 | conquer | past · perfect | Cadiz | the country not said here | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Patient | ||||
| 5 | depart | past | Cadiz | for Syria | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | bear | gerund | with Cadiz | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 7 | spoil | present | the sumptuous | of the west | vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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