Legends of the conquest of Spain, Conduct of Abdalasis As Emir of Spain., sentence 1
While these events were happening in Syria, the youthful Abdalasis, the son of Muza, remained as emir or governor of Spain.
Who acts: events · What happens: happen, remain · To what, where: Syria, youthful Abdalasis
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Conduct of Abdalasis As Emir of Spain.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (events), 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 | While | while | SCONJ | _ | 5 happening | mark |
| 2 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 3 events | det |
| 3 | events | event | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 happening | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 happening | aux |
| 5 | happening | happen | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 18 remained | advcl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 Syria | case |
| 7 | Syria | Syria | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 happening | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 happening | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Abdalasis | det |
| 10 | youthful | youthful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 Abdalasis | amod |
| 11 | Abdalasis | Abdalasis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 remained | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 son | punct |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 son | det |
| 14 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 Abdalasis | appos |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 Muza | case |
| 16 | Muza | Muza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 son | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 remained | punct |
| 18 | remained | remain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 19 | as | as | ADP | _ | 20 emir | case |
| 20 | emir | emir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 remained | obl |
| 21 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 22 governor | cc |
| 22 | governor | governor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 emir | conj |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 Spain | case |
| 24 | Spain | Spain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 governor | nmod |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 remained | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past · progressive | this events | Syria | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in syria=Location | ||||
| 2 | remain | participle · passive | the youthful Abdalasis | as emir or governor of Spain | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute |
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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