Legends of the conquest of Spain, Conduct of Abdalasis As Emir of Spain., sentence 29
He endeavoured, therefore, to allay the ferment and confusion of the conquest; forbade, under rigorous punishment, all wanton spoil or oppression, and protected the native inhabitants in the enjoyment and cultivation of their lands, and the pursuit of all useful occupations.
Who acts: Abdalasis · What happens: endeavour, allay, forbid, protect, confuse, cultivate · To what, where: pursuit, ferment, rigorous punishment, native inhabitants, enjoyment, 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 | 2 endeavoured | nsubj |
| 2 | endeavoured | endeavour | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 allay | punct |
| 4 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 7 allay | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 allay | punct |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 allay | mark |
| 7 | allay | allay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 endeavoured | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 ferment | det |
| 9 | ferment | ferment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 allay | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 confusion | cc |
| 11 | confusion | confusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 ferment | conj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 conquest | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 conquest | det |
| 14 | conquest | conquest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 confusion | nmod |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 forbade | punct |
| 16 | forbade | forbid | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 endeavoured | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 punishment | punct |
| 18 | under | under | ADP | _ | 20 punishment | case |
| 19 | rigorous | rigorous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 punishment | amod |
| 20 | punishment | punishment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 forbade | obj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 spoil | punct |
| 22 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 24 spoil | det |
| 23 | wanton | wanton | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 spoil | amod |
| 24 | spoil | spoil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 punishment | appos |
| 25 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 26 oppression | cc |
| 26 | oppression | oppression | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 spoil | conj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 protected | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 protected | cc |
| 29 | protected | protect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 endeavoured | parataxis |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 inhabitants | det |
| 31 | native | native | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 inhabitants | amod |
| 32 | inhabitants | inhabitant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 protected | obj |
| 33 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 enjoyment | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 enjoyment | det |
| 35 | enjoyment | enjoyment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 protected | obl |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 cultivation | cc |
| 37 | cultivation | cultivation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 enjoyment | conj |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 lands | case |
| 39 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 lands | nmod:poss |
| 40 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 cultivation | nmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 pursuit | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 pursuit | cc |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 pursuit | det |
| 44 | pursuit | pursuit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 endeavoured | obl |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 occupations | case |
| 46 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 48 occupations | det |
| 47 | useful | useful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 occupations | amod |
| 48 | occupations | occupation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 pursuit | nmod |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 endeavoured | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | endeavour | past | Abdalasis | the pursuit of all useful occupations | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | allay | to-infinitive | Abdalasis not said here | the ferment and confusion of the conquest | therefore property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | forbid | past | Abdalasis not said here | rigorous punishment | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer punishment=Theme | ||||
| 4 | protect | past | the native inhabitants | the enjoyment and cultivation of enjoyment's lands | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inhabitant=Beneficiary | ||||
| 5 | confuse | the conquest | nom confusion «state transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 6 | cultivate | enjoyment's lands | nom cultivation «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 7 | pursue | all useful occupations | nom pursuit «act transitive»: of=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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