Legends of the conquest of Spain, Loves of Abdalasis and Exilona., sentence 39
Whatever scruples the captive queen might originally have felt to a union with one of the conquerors of her lord, and an enemy of her adopted faith, they were easily vanquished; and she became the bride of Abdalasis.
Who acts: Whatever, spirit · What happens: scruple, feel, adopt, vanquish, become · To what, where: captive queen, conquerors, bride
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 (Whatever, spirit), 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 | Whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 scruples | nsubj |
| 2 | scruples | scruple | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 queen | det |
| 4 | captive | captive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 queen | amod |
| 5 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 felt | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 felt | aux |
| 7 | originally | originally | ADV | _ | 9 felt | advmod |
| 8 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 felt | aux |
| 9 | felt | feel | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 scruples | ccomp |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 union | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 union | det |
| 12 | union | union | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 felt | obl |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 one | case |
| 14 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 felt | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 conquerors | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 conquerors | det |
| 17 | conquerors | conqueror | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 one | nmod |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 lord | case |
| 19 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 lord | nmod:poss |
| 20 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 conquerors | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 enemy | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 enemy | cc |
| 23 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 enemy | det |
| 24 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 felt | obl |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 faith | case |
| 26 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 faith | nmod:poss |
| 27 | adopted | adopt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 faith | amod |
| 28 | faith | faith | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 enemy | nmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 vanquished | punct |
| 30 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 vanquished | nsubj |
| 31 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 vanquished | aux:pass |
| 32 | easily | easily | ADV | _ | 33 vanquished | advmod |
| 33 | vanquished | vanquish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 faith | acl:relcl |
| 34 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 37 became | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 became | cc |
| 36 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 became | nsubj |
| 37 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 scruples | conj |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 bride | det |
| 39 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 became | xcomp |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 Abdalasis | case |
| 41 | Abdalasis | Abdalasis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 bride | nmod |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 scruples | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scruple | present | Whatever | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | feel | might · perfect · passive | the captive queen | to a union; with one of the conquerors of spirit's lord; a enemy of spirit's adopted faith obl; originally property | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | adopt | participle | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | vanquish | past · passive | conquerors = conqueror | easily property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | become | past | spirit | the bride of Abdalasis | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
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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