Legends of the conquest of Spain, Loves of Abdalasis and Exilona., sentence 8
After his return from his campaign in Lusitania, and during the intervals of public duty, Abdalasis solaced himself in the repose of this palace, and in the society of these Christian captives.
Who acts: Abdalasis, desire, palace · What happens: solace, return, campaign, repose · To what, where: desire, repose, campaign, Lusitania
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, desire, palace), 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 | After | after | ADP | _ | 3 return | case |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 return | nmod:poss |
| 3 | return | return | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 solaced | obl |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 campaign | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 campaign | nmod:poss |
| 6 | campaign | campaign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 return | nmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 Lusitania | case |
| 8 | Lusitania | Lusitania | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 campaign | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 intervals | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 intervals | cc |
| 11 | during | during | ADP | _ | 13 intervals | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 intervals | det |
| 13 | intervals | interval | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 return | conj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 duty | case |
| 15 | public | public | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 duty | amod |
| 16 | duty | duty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 intervals | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 return | punct |
| 18 | Abdalasis | Abdalasis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 solaced | nsubj |
| 19 | solaced | solace | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 20 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 19 solaced | obj |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 repose | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 repose | det |
| 23 | repose | repose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 solaced | obl |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 palace | case |
| 25 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 26 palace | det |
| 26 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 repose | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 society | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 society | cc |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 society | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 society | det |
| 31 | society | society | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 solaced | obl |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 captives | case |
| 33 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 35 captives | det |
| 34 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 captives | amod |
| 35 | captives | captive | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 society | nmod |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 solaced | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | solace | past | Abdalasis | desire | the repose of this palace | after desire's return from desire's campaign in Lusitania and the intervals of public duty | in the society of this Christian captives | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus himself=Experiencer | |
| 2 | return | desire | desire's campaign in Lusitania | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent from=place | |||||
| 3 | campaign | desire | Lusitania | nom campaign «event intransitive»: poss=agent in=place | |||||
| 4 | repose | this palace | nom repose «act intransitive»: of=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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