Legends of the conquest of Spain, Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Muza., sentence 58
He shortly after received tidings of the death of his two sons, whom he had left in the government of western Africa, and who had fallen victims to the jealous suspicions of the caliph.
Who acts: government, received tidings, two sons · What happens: receive, leave, fall, die, suspect · To what, where: two sons, victims, caliph
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 (government, received tidings, two sons), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 tidings | nsubj |
| 2 | shortly | shortly | ADV | _ | 5 tidings | advmod |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 5 tidings | case |
| 4 | received | receive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 tidings | amod |
| 5 | tidings | tiding | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 death | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 death | det |
| 8 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tidings | nmod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 sons | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 sons | nmod:poss |
| 11 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 sons | nummod |
| 12 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 death | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 left | punct |
| 14 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 left | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 left | nsubj |
| 16 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 left | aux |
| 17 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 sons | conj |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 government | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 government | det |
| 20 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 left | obl:agent |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 Africa | case |
| 22 | western | western | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 Africa | amod |
| 23 | Africa | Africa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 government | nmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 fallen | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 fallen | cc |
| 26 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 fallen | nsubj |
| 27 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 fallen | aux |
| 28 | fallen | fall | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 tidings | conj |
| 29 | victims | victim | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 fallen | obj |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 33 suspicions | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 suspicions | det |
| 32 | jealous | jealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 suspicions | amod |
| 33 | suspicions | suspicion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 fallen | obl |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 caliph | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 caliph | det |
| 36 | caliph | caliph | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 suspicions | nmod |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 tidings | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | receive | participle | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | leave | past · perfect · passive | the government of western Africa | veteran's two sons | veteran nsubj | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | |||
| 3 | fall | past · perfect | received tidings veteran of the death of veteran's two sons | victims | to the jealous suspicions of the caliph result | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient victim=Extent to suspicion=Result | |||
| 5 | die | veteran's two sons | nom death «event intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 6 | suspect | the caliph | nom suspicion «cognition 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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