Legends of the conquest of Spain, Conduct of Abdalasis As Emir of Spain., sentence 25
He now confided entirely in his Arabian troops, and in the Moorish squadrons from Africa, and with their aid he completed the conquest of Lusitania to the ultimate parts of the Algarbe, or west, even to the shores of the great Ocean sea.
Who acts: Abdalasis · What happens: confide, complete · To what, where: Arabian troops, conquest
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), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 confided | nsubj |
| 2 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 confided | advmod |
| 3 | confided | confide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | entirely | entirely | ADV | _ | 3 confided | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 troops | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 troops | nmod:poss |
| 7 | Arabian | Arabian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 troops | amod |
| 8 | troops | troops | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 3 confided | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 squadrons | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 squadrons | cc |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 squadrons | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 squadrons | det |
| 13 | Moorish | moorish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 squadrons | amod |
| 14 | squadrons | squadron | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 confided | obl |
| 15 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 Africa | case |
| 16 | Africa | Africa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 squadrons | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 completed | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 completed | cc |
| 19 | with | with | ADP | _ | 21 aid | case |
| 20 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 aid | nmod:poss |
| 21 | aid | aid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 completed | obl |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 completed | nsubj |
| 23 | completed | complete | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 confided | conj |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 conquest | det |
| 25 | conquest | conquest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 completed | obj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 Lusitania | case |
| 27 | Lusitania | Lusitania | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 conquest | nmod |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 31 parts | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 parts | det |
| 30 | ultimate | ultimate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 parts | amod |
| 31 | parts | part | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 completed | obl |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 Algarbe | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Algarbe | det |
| 34 | Algarbe | Algarbe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 parts | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 west | punct |
| 36 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 37 west | cc |
| 37 | west | west | ADV | _ | 23 completed | advmod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 shores | punct |
| 39 | even | even | ADV | _ | 42 shores | advmod |
| 40 | to | to | ADP | _ | 42 shores | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 shores | det |
| 42 | shores | shore | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 completed | obl |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 sea | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 sea | det |
| 45 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 sea | amod |
| 46 | Ocean | Ocean | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 sea | compound |
| 47 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 shores | nmod |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 confided | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | confide speech: other | past | Abdalasis | Abdalasis's Arabian troops | now | in the Moorish squadrons from Africa; entirely property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||
| 2 | complete | past | Abdalasis | the conquest of Lusitania | with employers's aid; to the ultimate parts of the Algarbe; to the shores of the great Ocean sea; west property | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conquest=Eventuality |
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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