Legends of the conquest of Spain, Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Muza., sentence 15
It is affirmed by ancient and discreet chroniclers, that Abdalasis only assumed this royal state in the privacy of his palace, and to gratify the eye of his youthful bride: but where was a secret ever confined within the walls of a palace?
Who acts: ancient chroniclers, Abdalasis · What happens: affirm, assume, gratify, be, confine · To what, where: crown, royal state, privacy, eye, secret
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Muza.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (ancient chroniclers, Abdalasis), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 affirmed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 affirmed | aux:pass |
| 3 | affirmed | affirm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 chroniclers | case |
| 5 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 chroniclers | amod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 discreet | cc |
| 7 | discreet | discreet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 ancient | conj |
| 8 | chroniclers | chronicler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 affirmed | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 assumed | punct |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 assumed | mark |
| 11 | Abdalasis | Abdalasis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 assumed | nsubj |
| 12 | only | only | ADV | _ | 13 assumed | advmod |
| 13 | assumed | assume | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 affirmed | conj |
| 14 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 16 state | det |
| 15 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 state | amod |
| 16 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 assumed | obj |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 privacy | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 privacy | det |
| 19 | privacy | privacy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 assumed | obl |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 palace | case |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 palace | nmod:poss |
| 22 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 privacy | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 gratify | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 gratify | cc |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 gratify | mark |
| 26 | gratify | gratify | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 affirmed | conj |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 eye | det |
| 28 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 gratify | obj |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 bride | case |
| 30 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 bride | nmod:poss |
| 31 | youthful | youthful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 bride | amod |
| 32 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 eye | nmod |
| 33 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 40 confined | punct |
| 34 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 40 confined | cc |
| 35 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 38 secret | advmod |
| 36 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 secret | cop |
| 37 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 38 secret | det |
| 38 | secret | secret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 confined | nsubj:pass |
| 39 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 40 confined | advmod |
| 40 | confined | confine | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 gratify | parataxis |
| 41 | within | within | ADP | _ | 43 walls | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 walls | det |
| 43 | walls | wall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 confined | obl |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 palace | case |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 palace | det |
| 46 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 walls | nmod |
| 47 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 affirmed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | affirm | present · passive | ancient chroniclers | crown | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | assume | past | Abdalasis | this royal state | the privacy of Abdalasis's palace | vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent state=Theme | |||
| 3 | gratify | to-infinitive | ancient chroniclers not said here | the eye of Abdalasis's youthful bride | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus eye=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | is a | past | a secret | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | confine | participle · passive | a secret | ever | within the walls of a palace | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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