Legends of the conquest of Spain, Loves of Abdalasis and Exilona., sentence 3
In a part of this palace resided many of the most beautiful Christian females, who were detained as captives, or rather hostages, to ensure the tranquillity of the country.
What happens: reside, detain, ensure · To what, where: many, part, beautiful Christian females, tranquillity
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: 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 part | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 part | det |
| 3 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 resided | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 palace | case |
| 5 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 palace | det |
| 6 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 part | nmod |
| 7 | resided | reside | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 resided | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 females | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 females | det |
| 11 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 12 beautiful | advmod |
| 12 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 females | amod |
| 13 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 females | amod |
| 14 | females | female | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 many | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 detained | punct |
| 16 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 detained | nsubj:pass |
| 17 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 detained | aux:pass |
| 18 | detained | detain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 females | acl:relcl |
| 19 | as | as | ADP | _ | 20 captives | case |
| 20 | captives | captive | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 detained | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 hostages | punct |
| 22 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 24 hostages | cc |
| 23 | rather | rather | ADV | _ | 24 hostages | advmod |
| 24 | hostages | hostage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 captives | conj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 ensure | punct |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 ensure | mark |
| 27 | ensure | ensure | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 resided | conj |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 tranquillity | det |
| 29 | tranquillity | tranquillity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 ensure | obj |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 country | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 country | det |
| 32 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 tranquillity | nmod |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 resided | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reside | past | many of the beautiful Christian females | a part of this palace | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme many=Location | ||||
| 2 | detain | past · passive | the beautiful Christian females | as captives or hostages | vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | ensure | to-infinitive | the tranquillity of the country | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition tranquillity=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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