Legends of the conquest of Spain, Conduct of Abdalasis As Emir of Spain., sentence 33

Abdalasis ordered it to be faithfully collected, and deposited in coffers by public officers appointed in each province for the purpose; and the whole was sent by ten deputies to Damascus, to be laid at the feet of the caliph,—not as the spoils of a vanquished country, but as the peaceful trophies of a wisely administered government.

Who acts: Abdalasis, public officers, ten deputies, feet · What happens: order, collect, deposit, appoint, send, lay · To what, where: prosperity, coffers, province, whole, Damascus

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, public officers, ten deputies, feet), 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	Abdalasis	Abdalasis	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 ordered	nsubj
2	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ordered	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	7 collected	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 collected	aux:pass
6	faithfully	faithfully	ADV	_	7 collected	advmod
7	collected	collect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ordered	parataxis
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 deposited	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 deposited	cc
10	deposited	deposit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 collected	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 coffers	case
12	coffers	coffer	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 deposited	obl
13	by	by	SCONJ	_	16 appointed	mark
14	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 officers	amod
15	officers	officer	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 appointed	nsubj
16	appointed	appoint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 deposited	advcl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 province	case
18	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	19 province	det
19	province	province	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 appointed	obl
20	for	for	ADP	_	22 purpose	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 purpose	det
22	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 appointed	obl
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	28 sent	punct
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 sent	cc
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 whole	det
26	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 sent	nsubj:pass
27	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	28 sent	aux:pass
28	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ordered	parataxis
29	by	by	ADP	_	31 deputies	case
30	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	31 deputies	nummod
31	deputies	deputy	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 sent	obl
32	to	to	ADP	_	33 Damascus	case
33	Damascus	Damascus	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 sent	obl
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	37 laid	punct
35	to	to	PART	_	37 laid	mark
36	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	37 laid	aux:pass
37	laid	lay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	28 sent	conj
38	at	at	ADP	_	40 feet	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 feet	det
40	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	37 laid	obl:agent
41	of	of	ADP	_	43 caliph	case
42	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	43 caliph	det
43	caliph	caliph	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 feet	nmod
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 spoils	punct
45	—	-	PUNCT	_	49 spoils	punct
46	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	49 spoils	advmod
47	as	as	SCONJ	_	49 spoils	mark
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 spoils	det
49	spoils	spoil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 ordered	parataxis
50	of	of	ADP	_	53 country	case
51	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	53 country	det
52	vanquished	vanquish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	53 country	amod
53	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 spoils	obl
54	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 trophies	punct
55	but	but	CCONJ	_	59 trophies	cc
56	as	as	ADP	_	59 trophies	case
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	59 trophies	det
58	peaceful	peaceful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	59 trophies	amod
59	trophies	trophy	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 spoils	conj
60	of	of	ADP	_	64 government	case
61	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	64 government	det
62	wisely	wisely	ADV	_	63 administered	advmod
63	administered	administer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	64 government	amod
64	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	59 trophies	nmod
65	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 ordered	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	order	past	Abdalasis	prosperity				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	collect	to-infinitive · passive					faithfully property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»
3	deposit	participle				coffers		vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in coffer=Destination
4	appoint	past	public officers			each province	for the purpose	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
5	send	past · passive	ten deputies	the whole	Damascus			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to damascus=Destination
6	lay	to-infinitive · passive	the feet of the caliph					vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
7	not spoil	present					of a vanquished country; the peaceful trophies of a administered government conj	vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
8	vanquish	participle						tree rules
9	administer	participle					wisely property	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: 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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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Conduct of Abdalasis As Emir of Spain., sentence 33