Legends of the conquest of Spain, Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Muza., sentence 23
The mandate for the death of Abdalasis was sent to Abhilbar ben Obeidah and Zeyd ben Nabegat, both of whom had been cherished friends of Muza, and had lived in intimate favour and companionship with his son.
Who acts: ben, Abdalasis · What happens: send, cherish, live, die · To what, where: mandate, Abhilbar ben, intimate favour
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 (ben, 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 mandate | det |
| 2 | mandate | mandate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 death | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 death | det |
| 5 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 mandate | nmod |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Abdalasis | case |
| 7 | Abdalasis | Abdalasis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 death | nmod |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 sent | aux:pass |
| 9 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 ben | case |
| 11 | Abhilbar | Abhilbar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 ben | compound |
| 12 | ben | ben | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sent | obl |
| 13 | Obeidah | Obeidah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 ben | appos |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 Zeyd | cc |
| 15 | Zeyd | Zeyd | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Obeidah | conj |
| 16 | ben | BenJacoby@ECT | PROPN | Typo=Yes | 9 sent | obl:agent |
| 17 | Nabegat | Nabegat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 ben | goeswith |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 friends | punct |
| 19 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 25 friends | det |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 whom | case |
| 21 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 cherished | obl |
| 22 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 cherished | aux |
| 23 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 24 cherished | aux:pass |
| 24 | cherished | cherish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 friends | amod |
| 25 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 ben | conj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 Muza | case |
| 27 | Muza | Muza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 friends | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 lived | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 lived | cc |
| 30 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 lived | aux |
| 31 | lived | live | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 sent | conj |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 favour | case |
| 33 | intimate | intimate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 favour | amod |
| 34 | favour | favour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 lived | obl |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 companionship | cc |
| 36 | companionship | companionship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 favour | conj |
| 37 | with | with | ADP | _ | 39 son | case |
| 38 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 son | nmod:poss |
| 39 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 favour | nmod |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 sent | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past · passive | ben Nabegat and both cherished friends of Muza | the mandate for the death of Abdalasis | Abhilbar ben | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to ben=Destination | |||
| 2 | cherish | past · perfect · passive | of both cherished friends of Muza | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S» | |||||
| 3 | live | past · perfect | ben Nabegat and both cherished friends of Muza not said here | intimate favour with Abdalasis's son and companionship | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in favour=Location | ||||
| 4 | die | Abdalasis | nom death «event 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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