Legends of the conquest of Spain, Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Muza., sentence 3
She saw that Abdalasis had great power in the land; greater even than had been possessed by the Gothic kings; but she considered it as wanting in true splendour until his brows should be encircled with the outward badge of royalty.
Who acts: Exilona, Abdalasis, Gothic kings · What happens: see, have, possess, consider, want, encircle · To what, where: great power, land, power, true splendour, brows, royalty · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Exilona, Abdalasis, Gothic kings), 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 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 saw | nsubj |
| 2 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 had | mark |
| 4 | Abdalasis | Abdalasis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 had | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 saw | ccomp |
| 6 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 power | amod |
| 7 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 land | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 land | det |
| 10 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | obl |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 greater | punct |
| 12 | greater | great | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 saw | conj |
| 13 | even | even | ADV | _ | 17 possessed | advmod |
| 14 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 17 possessed | mark |
| 15 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 possessed | aux |
| 16 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 17 possessed | aux:pass |
| 17 | possessed | possess | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 saw | advcl |
| 18 | by | by | ADP | _ | 21 kings | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 kings | det |
| 20 | Gothic | gothic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 kings | amod |
| 21 | kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 possessed | obl |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 considered | punct |
| 23 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 25 considered | cc |
| 24 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 considered | nsubj |
| 25 | considered | consider | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 saw | conj |
| 26 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 considered | obj |
| 27 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 28 wanting | mark |
| 28 | wanting | want | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 25 considered | advcl |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 splendour | case |
| 30 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 splendour | amod |
| 31 | splendour | splendour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 wanting | obl |
| 32 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 37 encircled | mark |
| 33 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 brows | nmod:poss |
| 34 | brows | brow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 encircled | nsubj:pass |
| 35 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 37 encircled | aux |
| 36 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 37 encircled | aux:pass |
| 37 | encircled | encircle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 28 wanting | advcl |
| 38 | with | with | ADP | _ | 41 badge | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 badge | det |
| 40 | outward | outward | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 badge | amod |
| 41 | badge | badge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 encircled | obl |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 royalty | case |
| 43 | royalty | royalty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 badge | nmod |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | Exilona | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | have | past | Abdalasis | great power | the land | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient | |||
| 3 | possess | past · perfect · passive | the Gothic kings | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 4 | consider | past | Exilona | power | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute | ||||
| 5 | want | gerund | Exilona not said here | true splendour | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | ||||
| 6 | encircle | should · passive | Abdalasis's brows | with the outward badge of royalty | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with badge=Theme | ||||
| 7 | badge | royalty | nom badge «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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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