Legends of the conquest of Spain, Conduct of Abdalasis As Emir of Spain., sentence 30
By the advice of Ayub also, he encouraged great numbers of industrious Moors and Arabs to emigrate from Africa, and gave them houses and lands; thus introducing a peaceful Mahometan population into the conquered provinces.
Who acts: Abdalasis · What happens: encourage, emigrate, give, introduce, conquer · To what, where: great numbers, Africa, houses, numbers, peaceful Mahometan population, conquered provinces
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 | By | by | ADP | _ | 3 advice | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 advice | det |
| 3 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 encouraged | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 Ayub | case |
| 5 | Ayub | Ayub | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 advice | nmod |
| 6 | also | also | ADV | _ | 5 Ayub | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 advice | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 encouraged | nsubj |
| 9 | encouraged | encourage | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 numbers | amod |
| 11 | numbers | number | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 encouraged | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 Moors | case |
| 13 | industrious | industrious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 Moors | amod |
| 14 | Moors | moor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 numbers | nmod |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 Arabs | cc |
| 16 | Arabs | Arab | PROPN | Number=Plur | 14 Moors | conj |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 emigrate | mark |
| 18 | emigrate | emigrate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 encouraged | advcl |
| 19 | from | from | ADP | _ | 20 Africa | case |
| 20 | Africa | Africa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 emigrate | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 gave | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 gave | cc |
| 23 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 encouraged | conj |
| 24 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 gave | iobj |
| 25 | houses | house | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 gave | obj |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 lands | cc |
| 27 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 houses | conj |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 introducing | punct |
| 29 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 30 introducing | advmod |
| 30 | introducing | introduce | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 encouraged | advcl |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 population | det |
| 32 | peaceful | peaceful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 population | amod |
| 33 | Mahometan | Mahometan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 population | compound |
| 34 | population | population | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 introducing | obj |
| 35 | into | into | ADP | _ | 38 provinces | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 provinces | det |
| 37 | conquered | conquer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 38 provinces | amod |
| 38 | provinces | province | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 introducing | obl |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 encouraged | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | encourage | past | Abdalasis | great numbers of industrious Moors and Arabs | by the advice of Ayub | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Theme | |||
| 2 | emigrate | to-infinitive | Abdalasis not said here | Africa | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from africa=Initial_Location | ||||
| 3 | give | past | Abdalasis not said here | houses and lands | numbers = number | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient house=Theme | |||
| 4 | introduce | gerund | Abdalasis not said here | a peaceful Mahometan population | the conquered provinces | thus property | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent population=Patient | ||
| 5 | conquer | participle | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: 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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