Legends of the conquest of Spain, Conduct of Abdalasis As Emir of Spain., sentence 27
“It is not enough, O Abdalasis,” said Ayub, “that we conquer and rule this country with the sword: if we wish our dominion to be secure, we must cultivate the arts of peace, and study to secure the confidence and promote the welfare of the people we have conquered.”
Who acts: manner, Ayub, we · What happens: not be, say, conquer, rule, wish, be · To what, where: country, dominion, arts, confidence, welfare, people · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (manner, Ayub, we), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 enough | punct |
| 2 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 enough | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 enough | cop |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 enough | advmod |
| 5 | enough | enough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 said | ccomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Abdalasis | punct |
| 7 | O | o | INTJ | _ | 8 Abdalasis | discourse |
| 8 | Abdalasis | Abdalasis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 enough | vocative |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 enough | punct |
| 10 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 enough | punct |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | Ayub | Ayub | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 said | nsubj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 cultivate | punct |
| 14 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 37 cultivate | punct |
| 15 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 17 conquer | mark |
| 16 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 conquer | nsubj |
| 17 | conquer | conquer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 37 cultivate | advcl |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 rule | cc |
| 19 | rule | rule | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 conquer | conj |
| 20 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 21 country | det |
| 21 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 rule | obj |
| 22 | with | with | ADP | _ | 24 sword | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 sword | det |
| 24 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 rule | obl |
| 25 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 28 wish | punct |
| 26 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 28 wish | mark |
| 27 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 28 wish | nsubj |
| 28 | wish | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 conquer | conj |
| 29 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 dominion | nmod:poss |
| 30 | dominion | dominion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 wish | obj |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 33 secure | mark |
| 32 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 33 secure | cop |
| 33 | secure | secure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 wish | advcl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 conquer | punct |
| 35 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 37 cultivate | nsubj |
| 36 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 37 cultivate | aux |
| 37 | cultivate | cultivate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 said | ccomp |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 arts | det |
| 39 | arts | art | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 cultivate | obj |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 peace | case |
| 41 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 arts | nmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 study | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 study | cc |
| 44 | study | study | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 cultivate | parataxis |
| 45 | to | to | PART | _ | 46 secure | mark |
| 46 | secure | secure | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 44 study | xcomp |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 confidence | det |
| 48 | confidence | confidence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 secure | obj |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 promote | cc |
| 50 | promote | promote | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 46 secure | conj |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 welfare | det |
| 52 | welfare | welfare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 promote | obj |
| 53 | of | of | ADP | _ | 55 people | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 people | det |
| 55 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 welfare | nmod |
| 56 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 58 conquered | nsubj |
| 57 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 58 conquered | aux |
| 58 | conquered | conquer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 55 people | acl:relcl |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 37 cultivate | punct |
| 60 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 37 cultivate | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is in a quote | present | manner | Abdalasis vocative; enough property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Ayub | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | conquer in a quote | present | we | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | rule in a quote | present | we not said here | this country | with the sword | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Theme | |||
| 5 | wish a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | we | our dominion | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot dominion=Theme | ||||
| 6 | is in a quote | to-infinitive | we not said here | secure property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | cultivate in a quote | must | we | the arts of peace | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent art=Product | ||||
| 8 | study in a quote | infinitive | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 9 | secure in a quote | to-infinitive | the confidence | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition confidence=Theme | |||||
| 10 | promote in a quote | infinitive | the welfare of the people | vn promote-102 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent welfare=Theme | |||||
| 11 | conquer in a quote | present · perfect | we | the people not said here | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=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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