Legends of the conquest of Spain, Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Muza., sentence 32
The open and magnanimous character of Abdalasis had won the hearts of a great part of the soldiery, and his magnificence pleased the cavaliers who formed his guard: it was feared, therefore, that a sanguinary opposition would be made to any attempt upon his person.
Who acts: open character, cavaliers · What happens: win, form, fear, make · To what, where: hearts, guard, magnificence, sanguinary opposition
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 (open character, cavaliers), 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 | 5 character | det |
| 2 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 character | amod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 magnanimous | cc |
| 4 | magnanimous | magnanimous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 open | conj |
| 5 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 won | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 Abdalasis | case |
| 7 | Abdalasis | Abdalasis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 character | nmod |
| 8 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 won | aux |
| 9 | won | win | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 hearts | det |
| 11 | hearts | heart | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 won | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 part | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 part | det |
| 14 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 part | amod |
| 15 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 hearts | nmod |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 soldiery | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 soldiery | det |
| 18 | soldiery | soldiery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 part | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 pleased | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 pleased | cc |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 magnificence | nmod:poss |
| 22 | magnificence | magnificence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 pleased | nsubj |
| 23 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 won | conj |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 cavaliers | det |
| 25 | cavaliers | cavalier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 pleased | obj |
| 26 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 27 formed | nsubj |
| 27 | formed | form | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 25 cavaliers | acl:relcl |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 guard | nmod:poss |
| 29 | guard | guard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 formed | obj |
| 30 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 33 feared | punct |
| 31 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 feared | nsubj:pass |
| 32 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 feared | aux:pass |
| 33 | feared | fear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 won | conj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 therefore | punct |
| 35 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 33 feared | advmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 made | punct |
| 37 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 43 made | mark |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 opposition | det |
| 39 | sanguinary | sanguinary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 opposition | amod |
| 40 | opposition | opposition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 made | nsubj:pass |
| 41 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 43 made | aux |
| 42 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 43 made | aux:pass |
| 43 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 feared | conj |
| 44 | to | to | ADP | _ | 46 attempt | case |
| 45 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 46 attempt | det |
| 46 | attempt | attempt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 made | obl |
| 47 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 49 person | case |
| 48 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 person | nmod:poss |
| 49 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 attempt | nmod |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 won | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | past · perfect | the open character of Abdalasis | the hearts of a great part of the soldiery | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | form | past | the cavaliers | character's guard | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location guard=Theme | ||||
| 3 | fear | past · passive | magnificence | therefore property | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | make | would · passive | a sanguinary opposition | to any attempt upon character's person | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
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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