Legends of the conquest of Spain, Loves of Abdalasis and Exilona., sentence 7
Many were lulled by this easy and voluptuous existence; the scenes of horror through which they had passed were gradually effaced from their minds, and a desire was often awakened of rendering themselves pleasing in the eyes of their conquerors.
Who acts: easy existence, scenes · What happens: lull, pass, efface, awaken, render, please · To what, where: Many, scenes, horror, minds, desire, eyes
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 (easy existence, scenes), 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 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 lulled | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 lulled | aux:pass |
| 3 | lulled | lull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 existence | case |
| 5 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 existence | det |
| 6 | easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 existence | amod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 voluptuous | cc |
| 8 | voluptuous | voluptuous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 easy | conj |
| 9 | existence | existence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lulled | obl |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 effaced | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 scenes | det |
| 12 | scenes | scene | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 effaced | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 horror | case |
| 14 | horror | horror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 scenes | nmod |
| 15 | through | through | ADP | _ | 16 which | case |
| 16 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 passed | obl |
| 17 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 passed | nsubj:pass |
| 18 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 passed | aux |
| 19 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 horror | acl:relcl |
| 20 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 effaced | aux:pass |
| 21 | gradually | gradually | ADV | _ | 22 effaced | advmod |
| 22 | effaced | efface | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 lulled | conj |
| 23 | from | from | ADP | _ | 25 minds | case |
| 24 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 minds | nmod:poss |
| 25 | minds | mind | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 effaced | obl |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 awakened | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 awakened | cc |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 desire | det |
| 29 | desire | desire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 awakened | nsubj:pass |
| 30 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 awakened | aux:pass |
| 31 | often | often | ADV | _ | 32 awakened | advmod |
| 32 | awakened | awaken | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 lulled | parataxis |
| 33 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 34 rendering | mark |
| 34 | rendering | render | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 32 awakened | advcl |
| 35 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 34 rendering | obj |
| 36 | pleasing | please | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 34 rendering | advcl |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 eyes | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 eyes | det |
| 39 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 pleasing | obl |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 conquerors | case |
| 41 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 conquerors | nmod:poss |
| 42 | conquerors | conqueror | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 eyes | nmod |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 lulled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lull | past · passive | this easy existence | Many | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | pass | past · perfect · passive | scenes = scene | horror | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme through which=Destination | ||||
| 3 | efface | past · passive | the scenes of horror | scenes's minds | gradually property | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||
| 4 | awaken | past · passive | a desire | often property | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 5 | render | gerund | scenes = scene | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme | |||||
| 6 | please | gerund | the eyes of scenes's conquerors | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 7 | mind | scenes = scene | nom mind «cognition transitive»: 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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