Legends of the conquest of Spain, Loves of Abdalasis and Exilona., sentence 47
Ayub would fain have impressed upon him the dangers he ran of awakening suspicion in the caliph, and discontent among the Moslems, by wedding the queen of the conquered Roderick, and one who was an enemy to the religion of Mahomet; but the youthful lover only listened to his passion.
Who acts: Ayub, queen, youthful lover · What happens: fain, impress, run, awaken, conquer, be · To what, where: discontent, dangers, suspicion, caliph, one enemy
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 (Ayub, queen, youthful lover), 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 | Ayub | Ayub | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 fain | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 fain | aux |
| 3 | fain | fain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 impressed | aux |
| 5 | impressed | impress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 fain | advcl |
| 6 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 impressed | obl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 dangers | det |
| 9 | dangers | danger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 impressed | obj |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 ran | nsubj |
| 11 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 dangers | acl:relcl |
| 12 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 13 awakening | mark |
| 13 | awakening | awaken | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 ran | advcl |
| 14 | suspicion | suspicion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 awakening | obj |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 caliph | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 caliph | det |
| 17 | caliph | caliph | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 awakening | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 discontent | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 discontent | cc |
| 20 | discontent | discontent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fain | obl |
| 21 | among | among | ADP | _ | 23 Moslems | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 Moslems | det |
| 23 | Moslems | Moslem | PROPN | Number=Plur | 20 discontent | nmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 wedding | punct |
| 25 | by | by | ADP | _ | 26 wedding | case |
| 26 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fain | parataxis |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 queen | det |
| 28 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 wedding | conj |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 Roderick | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 Roderick | det |
| 31 | conquered | conquer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 Roderick | amod |
| 32 | Roderick | Roderick | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 queen | nmod |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 enemy | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 enemy | cc |
| 35 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 39 enemy | nummod |
| 36 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 enemy | nsubj |
| 37 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 enemy | cop |
| 38 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 39 enemy | det |
| 39 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 queen | appos |
| 40 | to | to | ADP | _ | 42 religion | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 religion | det |
| 42 | religion | religion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 enemy | nmod |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 Mahomet | case |
| 44 | Mahomet | Mahomet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 religion | nmod |
| 45 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 51 listened | punct |
| 46 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 51 listened | cc |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 lover | det |
| 48 | youthful | youthful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 lover | amod |
| 49 | lover | lover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 listened | nsubj |
| 50 | only | only | ADV | _ | 51 listened | advmod |
| 51 | listened | listen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 fain | parataxis |
| 52 | to | to | ADP | _ | 54 passion | case |
| 53 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 54 passion | nmod:poss |
| 54 | passion | passion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 listened | obl |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 fain | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fain | would | Ayub | discontent among the Moslems | wedding and the queen of the conquered Roderick parataxis | tree rules | |||
| 2 | impress | infinitive · perfect | Ayub not said here | the dangers | upon Ayub | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus danger=Experiencer | |||
| 3 | run | past | Ayub | the dangers not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme danger=Trajectory | ||||
| 4 | awaken | gerund | Ayub not said here | suspicion | the caliph | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location suspicion=Theme | |||
| 5 | conquer | participle | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 6 | is a | past | the queen of the conquered Roderick | a one enemy | to the religion of Mahomet | tree rules | |||
| 7 | listen | past | the youthful lover | to lover's passion | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to passion=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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