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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIII., sentence 9

The friends of Taric, on the other hand, represented him as brave, generous, and high-minded; scrupulous in reserving to his sovereign his rightful share of the spoils, but distributing the rest bounteously among his soldiers, and thus increasing their alacrity in the service.

Who acts: friends, TARIC · What happens: represent, reserve, spoil, distribute, increase, share · To what, where: TARIC, rest, alacrity, service

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 (friends, TARIC), 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

detnsubjcasenmodpunctcasedetamodconjpunctobjcaseoblpunctconjpunctccamodpunctparataxispunctconjmarkadvclcasenmod:possoblnmod:possamodconjmarkdetadvclpunctccadvcldetobjadvmodcasenmod:possoblpunctccadvmodconjnmod:possobjcasedetoblpunctrootTheDETfriendsNOUNofADPTaricPROPN,PUNCTonADPtheDETotherADJhandNOUN,PUNCTrepresentedVERBhimPRONasADPbraveADJ,PUNCTgenerousADJ,PUNCTandCCONJhighADJ-PUNCTmindedADJ;PUNCTscrupulousADJinSCONJreservingVERBtoADPhisPRONsovereignNOUNhisPRONrightfulADJshareNOUNofSCONJtheDETspoilsVERB,PUNCTbutCCONJdistributingVERBtheDETrestNOUNbounteouslyADVamongADPhisPRONsoldiersNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJthusADVincreasingVERBtheirPRONalacrityNOUNinADPtheDETserviceNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 friendsdet
2friendsfriendNOUNNumber=Plur11 representednsubj
3ofofADP_4 Tariccase
4TaricTaricPROPNNumber=Sing2 friendsnmod
5,,PUNCT_9 handpunct
6ononADP_9 handcase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 handdet
8otherotherADJDegree=Pos9 handamod
9handhandNOUNNumber=Sing2 friendsconj
10,,PUNCT_2 friendspunct
11representedrepresentVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
12himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 representedobj
13asasADP_14 bravecase
14bravebraveADJDegree=Pos11 representedobl
15,,PUNCT_16 generouspunct
16generousgenerousADJDegree=Pos14 braveconj
17,,PUNCT_21 mindedpunct
18andandCCONJ_21 mindedcc
19highhighADJDegree=Pos21 mindedamod
20--PUNCT_19 highpunct
21mindedmindedADJDegree=Pos11 representedparataxis
22;;PUNCT_23 scrupulouspunct
23scrupulousscrupulousADJDegree=Pos21 mindedconj
24ininSCONJ_25 reservingmark
25reservingreserveVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part23 scrupulousadvcl
26totoADP_28 sovereigncase
27hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs28 sovereignnmod:poss
28sovereignsovereignNOUNNumber=Sing25 reservingobl
29hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs31 sharenmod:poss
30rightfulrightfulADJDegree=Pos31 shareamod
31shareshareNOUNNumber=Sing28 sovereignconj
32ofofSCONJ_34 spoilsmark
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 spoilsdet
34spoilsspoilVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin31 shareadvcl
35,,PUNCT_37 distributingpunct
36butbutCCONJ_37 distributingcc
37distributingdistributeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part11 representedadvcl
38thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art39 restdet
39restrestNOUNNumber=Sing37 distributingobj
40bounteouslybounteouslyADV_37 distributingadvmod
41amongamongADP_43 soldierscase
42hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs43 soldiersnmod:poss
43soldierssoldierNOUNNumber=Plur37 distributingobl
44,,PUNCT_47 increasingpunct
45andandCCONJ_47 increasingcc
46thusthusADV_47 increasingadvmod
47increasingincreaseVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part37 distributingconj
48theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs49 alacritynmod:poss
49alacrityalacrityNOUNNumber=Sing47 increasingobj
50ininADP_52 servicecase
51thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art52 servicedet
52serviceserviceNOUNNumber=Sing47 increasingobl
53..PUNCT_11 representedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1representpastthe friends of Taric and the other handTARICas bravevn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Theme as brave=Attribute
2reservegerundthe friends of Taric and the other hand not said hereto TARIC's sovereign and TARIC's rightful sharevn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3spoilpresentthe friends of Taric and the other hand not said herevn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
4distributegerundthe friends of Taric and the other hand not said herethe restamong TARIC's soldiers; bounteously propertyvn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent rest=Theme among soldier=Recipient
5increasegerundthe friends of Taric and the other hand not said herefriends's alacritythe servicethus propertyvn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer alacrity=Patient
6shareTARICnom share «possession 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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