Legends of the conquest of Spain, Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Muza., sentence 18
The enemies of Abdalasis, those whose rapacious spirits had been kept in check by the beneficence of his rule, seized upon this occasion to ruin him.
Who acts: beneficence, Abdalasis · What happens: keep, seize, ruin, rule · To what, where: enemies, check, Abdalasis
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 (beneficence, 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 enemies | det |
| 2 | enemies | enemy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Abdalasis | case |
| 4 | Abdalasis | Abdalasis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 enemies | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 those | punct |
| 6 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 9 spirits | det |
| 7 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 9 spirits | nmod:poss |
| 8 | rapacious | rapacious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 spirits | amod |
| 9 | spirits | spirit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 kept | aux |
| 11 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 12 kept | aux:pass |
| 12 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 check | case |
| 14 | check | check | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 kept | obl |
| 15 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 beneficence | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 beneficence | det |
| 17 | beneficence | beneficence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 kept | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 rule | case |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 rule | nmod:poss |
| 20 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 beneficence | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 seized | punct |
| 22 | seized | seize | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 kept | conj |
| 23 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 25 occasion | case |
| 24 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 25 occasion | det |
| 25 | occasion | occasion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 seized | obl |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 ruin | mark |
| 27 | ruin | ruin | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 seized | advcl |
| 28 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 ruin | obj |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 kept | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past · perfect · passive | the beneficence of Abdalasis's rule | the enemies of Abdalasis | check | that rapacious spirits nsubj:pass | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in check=Location | ||
| 2 | seize | participle | the beneficence of Abdalasis's rule not said here | upon this occasion | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | ruin | to-infinitive | the beneficence of Abdalasis's rule not said here | Abdalasis | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ||||
| 4 | rule | Abdalasis | nom rule «cognition intransitive»: 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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