Legends of the conquest of Spain, Conduct of Abdalasis As Emir of Spain., sentence 3
Fortunately his father had left with him, as a bosom counsellor, the discreet Ayub, the nephew of Muza: aided by his advice, he for some time administered the public affairs prudently and prosperously.
Who acts: father, Abdalasis · What happens: leave, aid, administer · To what, where: nephew, public affairs
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 (father, 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 | Fortunately | fortunately | ADV | _ | 5 left | advmod |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 father | nmod:poss |
| 3 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 left | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 left | aux |
| 5 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 left | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 counsellor | punct |
| 9 | as | as | ADP | _ | 12 counsellor | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 counsellor | det |
| 11 | bosom | bosom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 counsellor | compound |
| 12 | counsellor | counsellor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 left | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 Ayub | punct |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Ayub | det |
| 15 | discreet | discreet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 Ayub | amod |
| 16 | Ayub | Ayub | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 counsellor | appos |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 nephew | punct |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 nephew | det |
| 19 | nephew | nephew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 Ayub | appos |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 Muza | case |
| 21 | Muza | Muza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 nephew | nmod |
| 22 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 23 aided | punct |
| 23 | aided | aid | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 nephew | acl |
| 24 | by | by | ADP | _ | 26 advice | case |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 advice | nmod:poss |
| 26 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 aided | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 administered | punct |
| 28 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 administered | nsubj |
| 29 | for | for | ADP | _ | 31 time | case |
| 30 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 31 time | det |
| 31 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 he | nmod |
| 32 | administered | administer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 left | conj |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 affairs | det |
| 34 | public | public | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 affairs | amod |
| 35 | affairs | affair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 administered | obj |
| 36 | prudently | prudently | ADV | _ | 32 administered | advmod |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 prosperously | cc |
| 38 | prosperously | prosperously | ADV | _ | 36 prudently | conj |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 left | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past · perfect | Abdalasis's father | with Abdalasis; as a bosom counsellor; fortunately property | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with he=Theme | ||||
| 2 | aid | participle | the nephew of Muza not said here | by Abdalasis's advice | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | administer | past | Abdalasis | the public affairs | prudently property | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent affair=Theme |
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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