Legends of the conquest of Spain, Loves of Abdalasis and Exilona., sentence 30
In proportion as he was dissatisfied with others or with himself, he sought the society of Exilona; for there was a charm in her conversation that banished every care.
Who acts: Abdalasis, charm, conversation, Exilona · What happens: be, seek, banish, converse · To what, where: proportion, society, care
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, charm, conversation, Exilona), 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 | _ | 2 proportion | case |
| 2 | proportion | proportion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 sought | obl |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 6 dissatisfied | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 dissatisfied | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 dissatisfied | cop |
| 6 | dissatisfied | dissatisfied | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 proportion | acl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 others | case |
| 8 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 dissatisfied | obl |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 himself | cc |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 himself | case |
| 11 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 8 others | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 proportion | punct |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 sought | nsubj |
| 14 | sought | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 society | det |
| 16 | society | society | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 sought | obj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 Exilona | case |
| 18 | Exilona | Exilona | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 society | nmod |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 was | punct |
| 20 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 22 was | mark |
| 21 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 22 was | expl |
| 22 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 sought | conj |
| 23 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 charm | det |
| 24 | charm | charm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 was | nsubj |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 conversation | case |
| 26 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 conversation | nmod:poss |
| 27 | conversation | conversation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 charm | nmod |
| 28 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 banished | nsubj |
| 29 | banished | banish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 conversation | acl:relcl |
| 30 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 31 care | det |
| 31 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 banished | obj |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 sought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Abdalasis | proportion not said here | with others with Abdalasis; dissatisfied property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | seek | past | Abdalasis | the society of Exilona | proportion | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent society=Theme in proportion=Location | |||
| 3 | be | past | a charm in Exilona's conversation | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | banish | past | Exilona's conversation | every care | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent care=Theme | ||||
| 5 | converse | Exilona | nom conversation «communication intransitive»: poss=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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