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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Conduct of Abdalasis As Emir of Spain., sentence 4

Not long after the departure of his father, he received a letter from him, written while on his journey to Syria; it was to the following purport:—

Who acts: Abdalasis, letter, father · What happens: receive, write, follow, be, depart, journey · To what, where: letter

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, letter, father), 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

advmodadvmodcasedetoblcasenmod:possnmodpunctnsubjadvcldetobjcasenmodpunctaclmarkcasenmod:possadvclcasenmodpunctnsubjcopcasedetcasepunctpunctrootNotPARTlongADVafterADPtheDETdepartureNOUNofADPhisPRONfatherNOUN,PUNCThePRONreceivedVERBaDETletterNOUNfromADPhimPRON,PUNCTwrittenVERBwhileSCONJonADPhisPRONjourneyNOUNtoADPSyriaPROPN;PUNCTitPRONwasAUXtoADPtheDETfollowingVERBpurportNOUN:PUNCT—PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NotnotPARTPolarity=Neg2 longadvmod
2longlongADVDegree=Pos11 receivedadvmod
3afterafterADP_5 departurecase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 departuredet
5departuredepartureNOUNNumber=Sing2 longobl
6ofofADP_8 fathercase
7hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 fathernmod:poss
8fatherfatherNOUNNumber=Sing5 departurenmod
9,,PUNCT_2 longpunct
10hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 receivednsubj
11receivedreceiveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin30 purportadvcl
12aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art13 letterdet
13letterletterNOUNNumber=Sing11 receivedobj
14fromfromADP_15 himcase
15himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs13 letternmod
16,,PUNCT_17 writtenpunct
17writtenwriteVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass13 letteracl
18whilewhileSCONJ_21 journeymark
19ononADP_21 journeycase
20hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs21 journeynmod:poss
21journeyjourneyNOUNNumber=Sing17 writtenadvcl
22totoADP_23 Syriacase
23SyriaSyriaPROPNNumber=Sing21 journeynmod
24;;PUNCT_11 receivedpunct
25ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs30 purportnsubj
26wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin30 purportcop
27totoADP_30 purportcase
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art30 purportdet
29followingfollowVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part30 purportcase
30purportpurportNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
31::PUNCT_30 purportpunct
32—-PUNCT_30 purportpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1receivepastAbdalasisa letterfrom father; long propertyvn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent letter=Theme from he=Source
2writeparticiplea letter not said hereAbdalasis's journey to Syria advclvn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3followgerundvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4ispastletterto the purporttree rules
5departAbdalasis's fathernom departure «act intransitive»: of=agent
6journeyAbdalasisto Syrianom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent to=obl

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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