Legends of the conquest of Spain, Loves of Abdalasis and Exilona., sentence 19
All the time that he could spare from public concerns was passed in her society; and he even neglected his divan, and suffered his counsellors to attend in vain, while he lingered in the apartments and gardens of the palace, listening to the voice of Exilona.
Who acts: Abdalasis · What happens: spare, pass, neglect, suffer, attend, linger · To what, where: time, public concerns, society, divan, counsellors, apartments
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Loves of Abdalasis and Exilona.. 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 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 time | det:predet |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 time | det |
| 3 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 passed | obl |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 7 spare | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 spare | nsubj |
| 6 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 spare | aux |
| 7 | spare | spare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 time | acl |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 concerns | case |
| 9 | public | public | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 concerns | amod |
| 10 | concerns | concern | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 spare | obl |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 passed | aux:pass |
| 12 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 society | case |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 society | nmod:poss |
| 15 | society | society | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 passed | obl |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 neglected | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 neglected | cc |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 neglected | nsubj |
| 19 | even | even | ADV | _ | 20 neglected | advmod |
| 20 | neglected | neglect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 passed | conj |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 divan | nmod:poss |
| 22 | divan | divan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 neglected | obj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 suffered | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 suffered | cc |
| 25 | suffered | suffer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 passed | parataxis |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 counsellors | nmod:poss |
| 27 | counsellors | counsellor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 suffered | obj |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 attend | mark |
| 29 | attend | attend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 suffered | xcomp |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 vain | case |
| 31 | vain | vain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 attend | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 lingered | punct |
| 33 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 35 lingered | mark |
| 34 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 35 lingered | nsubj |
| 35 | lingered | linger | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 suffered | conj |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 apartments | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 apartments | det |
| 38 | apartments | apartment | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 lingered | obl |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 gardens | cc |
| 40 | gardens | garden | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 apartments | conj |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 palace | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 palace | det |
| 43 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 gardens | nmod |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 listening | punct |
| 45 | listening | listen | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 35 lingered | advcl |
| 46 | to | to | ADP | _ | 48 voice | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 voice | det |
| 48 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 listening | obl |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 50 Exilona | case |
| 50 | Exilona | Exilona | PROPN | Number=Sing | 48 voice | nmod |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 passed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spare | could | Abdalasis | all time not said here | public concerns | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent time=Asset | |||
| 2 | pass | past · passive | Exilona's society | time | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: in society=Location | ||||
| 3 | neglect | past | Abdalasis | Abdalasis's divan | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent divan=Theme | ||||
| 4 | suffer | past | Abdalasis's counsellors | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | attend | to-infinitive | in vain | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in vain=Theme | |||||
| 6 | linger | past | Abdalasis | the apartments and gardens of the palace | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in apartment=Location | ||||
| 7 | listen | gerund | Abdalasis not said here | to the voice of Exilona | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to voice=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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