Legends of the conquest of Spain, Conduct of Abdalasis As Emir of Spain., sentence 24
Abdalasis, therefore, removed them to a distance from his court, and placed them in situations where they could do no harm; and he warned his commanders from being in any wise influenced by their counsels, or aided by their arms.
Who acts: Abdalasis, employers · What happens: remove, place, do, warn, influence, be · To what, where: employers, situations, harm, commanders, wise influenced counsels
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 (Abdalasis, employers), 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 | Abdalasis | Abdalasis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 removed | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Abdalasis | punct |
| 3 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 5 removed | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 therefore | punct |
| 5 | removed | remove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 removed | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 distance | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 distance | det |
| 9 | distance | distance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 removed | obl |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 court | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 court | nmod:poss |
| 12 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 distance | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 placed | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 placed | cc |
| 15 | placed | place | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 removed | conj |
| 16 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 placed | obj |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 situations | case |
| 18 | situations | situation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 placed | obl |
| 19 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 22 do | advmod |
| 20 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 do | nsubj |
| 21 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 22 do | aux |
| 22 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 placed | advcl |
| 23 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 24 harm | det |
| 24 | harm | harm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 do | obj |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 28 warned | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 warned | cc |
| 27 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 warned | nsubj |
| 28 | warned | warn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 removed | parataxis |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 commanders | nmod:poss |
| 30 | commanders | commander | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 warned | obj |
| 31 | from | from | ADP | _ | 39 counsels | case |
| 32 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 39 counsels | cop |
| 33 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 counsels | case |
| 34 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 39 counsels | det |
| 35 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 counsels | amod |
| 36 | influenced | influence | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 39 counsels | amod |
| 37 | by | by | ADP | _ | 39 counsels | case |
| 38 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 counsels | nmod:poss |
| 39 | counsels | counsel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 warned | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 aided | punct |
| 41 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 42 aided | cc |
| 42 | aided | aid | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 warned | conj |
| 43 | by | by | ADP | _ | 45 arms | case |
| 44 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 arms | nmod:poss |
| 45 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 aided | obl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 removed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | remove | past | Abdalasis | employers = employer | to a distance from Abdalasis's court; therefore property | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to distance=Destination | |||
| 2 | place | past | Abdalasis not said here | employers = employer | situations | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in situation=Destination | |||
| 3 | do | could | employers = employer | no harm | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harm=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | warn speech: warn | past | Abdalasis | Abdalasis's commanders | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent commander=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | influence | participle | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 6 | is | gerund | employers's wise influenced counsels | employers = employer nmod:poss | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | aid | participle | Abdalasis not said here | by employers's arms | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=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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