Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIV., sentence 13
When the caliph demanded an account of the conquest of Spain, he gave it with great eloquence; but, in describing the various victories, he made no mention of the name of Taric, but spoke as if every thing had been effected by himself.
Who acts: caliph · What happens: demand, give, describe, make, speak, affect · To what, where: account, various victories, mention, thing, conquest, name · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter XIV.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (caliph), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 demanded | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 caliph | det |
| 3 | caliph | caliph | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 demanded | nsubj |
| 4 | demanded | demand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 gave | advcl |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 account | det |
| 6 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 demanded | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 conquest | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 conquest | det |
| 9 | conquest | conquest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 account | nmod |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Spain | case |
| 11 | Spain | Spain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 conquest | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 demanded | punct |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 gave | nsubj |
| 14 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 gave | obj |
| 16 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 eloquence | case |
| 17 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 eloquence | amod |
| 18 | eloquence | eloquence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 gave | obl |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 made | punct |
| 20 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 29 made | cc |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 but | punct |
| 22 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 23 describing | mark |
| 23 | describing | describe | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 29 made | advcl |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 victories | det |
| 25 | various | various | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 victories | amod |
| 26 | victories | victory | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 describing | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 describing | punct |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 made | nsubj |
| 29 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 gave | conj |
| 30 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 31 mention | det |
| 31 | mention | mention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 made | obj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 name | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 name | det |
| 34 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 mention | nmod |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 Taric | case |
| 36 | Taric | Taric | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 name | nmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 spoke | punct |
| 38 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 39 spoke | cc |
| 39 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 made | parataxis |
| 40 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 46 effected | mark |
| 41 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 46 effected | mark |
| 42 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 43 thing | det |
| 43 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 effected | nsubj:pass |
| 44 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 46 effected | aux |
| 45 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 46 effected | aux:pass |
| 46 | effected | affect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 spoke | ccomp |
| 47 | by | by | ADP | _ | 48 himself | case |
| 48 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 46 effected | obl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 gave | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | demand speech: request | past | the caliph | a account of the conquest of Spain | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme account=Precondition | ||||
| 2 | give | past | CALIPH | account | with great eloquence | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 3 | describe | gerund | CALIPH not said here | the various victories | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent victory=Theme | ||||
| 4 | make | past | CALIPH | no mention of the name of Taric | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mention=Product | ||||
| 5 | speak speech: other | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 6 | affect a condition, not said to happen | past · perfect · passive | CALIPH | every thing | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 7 | account | the conquest of Spain | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 8 | mention | the name of Taric | nom mention «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 9 | name | Taric | nom name «communication transitive»: of=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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