Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIV., sentence 32
The new sovereign cherished deep resentment against Muza for having presented himself at court contrary to his command, and he listened readily to the calumnies of his enemies; for Muza had been too illustrious in his deeds not to have many enemies.
Who acts: new sovereign, sovereign, Muza · What happens: cherish, present, listen, be, not have, command · To what, where: deep resentment, sovereign, court contrary, deeds, many enemies · 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 (new sovereign, sovereign, Muza), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sovereign | det |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sovereign | amod |
| 3 | sovereign | sovereign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cherished | nsubj |
| 4 | cherished | cherish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 resentment | amod |
| 6 | resentment | resentment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cherished | obj |
| 7 | against | against | ADP | _ | 8 Muza | case |
| 8 | Muza | Muza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 resentment | nmod |
| 9 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 11 presented | mark |
| 10 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 presented | aux |
| 11 | presented | present | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 cherished | advcl |
| 12 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 11 presented | obj |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 contrary | case |
| 14 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 contrary | compound |
| 15 | contrary | contrary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 presented | obl |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 command | case |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 command | nmod:poss |
| 18 | command | command | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 contrary | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 listened | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 listened | cc |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 listened | nsubj |
| 22 | listened | listen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 cherished | parataxis |
| 23 | readily | readily | ADV | _ | 22 listened | advmod |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 calumnies | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 calumnies | det |
| 26 | calumnies | calumny | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 listened | obl |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 enemies | case |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 enemies | nmod:poss |
| 29 | enemies | enemy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 calumnies | nmod |
| 30 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 42 have | punct |
| 31 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 36 illustrious | mark |
| 32 | Muza | Muza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 illustrious | nsubj |
| 33 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 illustrious | aux |
| 34 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 36 illustrious | cop |
| 35 | too | too | ADV | _ | 36 illustrious | advmod |
| 36 | illustrious | illustrious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 have | advcl |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 deeds | case |
| 38 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 deeds | nmod:poss |
| 39 | deeds | deed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 illustrious | obl |
| 40 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 42 have | advmod |
| 41 | to | to | PART | _ | 42 have | mark |
| 42 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 cherished | parataxis |
| 43 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 enemies | amod |
| 44 | enemies | enemy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 have | obj |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 cherished | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cherish | past | the new sovereign | deep resentment | against Muza | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer resentment=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | present | gerund · perfect | the new sovereign not said here | sovereign | court contrary to sovereign's command | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme | |||
| 3 | listen | past | sovereign | to the calumnies of sovereign's enemies; readily property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to calumny=Theme | ||||
| 4 | is | past · perfect | Muza | sovereign's deeds | illustrious property | tree rules | |||
| 5 | not have | to-infinitive | many enemies | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enemy=Patient | |||||
| 6 | command | sovereign | nom command «communication 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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