Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIII., sentence 3

He held a sway that might have gratified the ambition of the proudest sovereign, for all western Africa and the newly acquired peninsula of Spain were obedient to his rule; and he was renowned throughout all the lands of Islam as the great conqueror of the west.

Who acts: FEUD, acquired peninsula, proudest sovereign · What happens: hold, gratify, acquire, be, renown, ambition · To what, where: sway, FEUD

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 (FEUD, acquired peninsula, proudest sovereign), 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 held	nsubj
2	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sway	det
4	sway	sway	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 held	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 gratified	obj
6	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 gratified	aux
7	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 gratified	aux
8	gratified	gratify	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 sway	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ambition	det
10	ambition	ambition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gratified	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 sovereign	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sovereign	det
13	proudest	proud	ADJ	Degree=Sup	14 sovereign	amod
14	sovereign	sovereign	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ambition	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 Africa	punct
16	for	for	ADP	_	19 Africa	case
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 Africa	det
18	western	western	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 Africa	amod
19	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 gratified	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 obedient	cc
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 peninsula	det
22	newly	newly	ADV	_	23 acquired	advmod
23	acquired	acquire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 peninsula	amod
24	peninsula	peninsula	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 obedient	nsubj
25	of	of	ADP	_	26 Spain	case
26	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	24 peninsula	nmod
27	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 obedient	cop
28	obedient	obedient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 held	conj
29	to	to	ADP	_	31 rule	case
30	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	31 rule	nmod:poss
31	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 obedient	obl
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	36 renowned	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 renowned	cc
34	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 renowned	nsubj
35	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	36 renowned	aux:pass
36	renowned	renown	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 held	conj
37	throughout	throughout	ADP	_	40 lands	case
38	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	40 lands	det:predet
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 lands	det
40	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 renowned	obl
41	of	of	ADP	_	42 Islam	case
42	Islam	Islam	PROPN	Number=Sing	40 lands	nmod
43	as	as	ADP	_	46 conqueror	case
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	46 conqueror	det
45	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 conqueror	amod
46	conqueror	conqueror	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 renowned	obl
47	of	of	ADP	_	49 west	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 west	det
49	west	west	NOUN	Number=Sing	46 conqueror	nmod
50	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 held	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	hold	past	FEUD	a sway			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sway=Theme
2	gratify	might · perfect		a sway		for all western Africa; the ambition of the proudest sovereign obj	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Stimulus that=Experiencer ambition=Result
3	acquire	participle				newly property	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
4	is	past	the acquired peninsula of Spain			to FEUD's rule; obedient property	tree rules
5	renown	past · passive		FEUD	throughout all lands of Islam	as the great conqueror of the west	tree rules
6	ambition		the proudest sovereign				nom ambition «feeling intransitive»: of=agent
7	rule		FEUD				nom rule «cognition intransitive»: 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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🌲 Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIII., sentence 3

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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIII., sentence 3