Legends of the conquest of Spain, Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Muza., sentence 60
Such was the lamentable end of the conqueror of Spain; whose great achievements were not sufficient to atone, in the eye of his sovereign, for a weakness to which all men ambitious of renown are subject; and whose triumphs eventually brought persecution upon himself, and untimely death upon his children.
Who acts: Such, great achievements, men, triumphs · What happens: be, not be, atone, bring · To what, where: lamentable end, eye, persecution
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 (Such, great achievements, men, triumphs), 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 | Such | Such | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 end | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 end | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 end | det |
| 4 | lamentable | lamentable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 end | amod |
| 5 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 conqueror | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 conqueror | det |
| 8 | conqueror | conqueror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 end | nmod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Spain | case |
| 10 | Spain | Spain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 conqueror | nmod |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 sufficient | punct |
| 12 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 14 achievements | nmod:poss |
| 13 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 achievements | amod |
| 14 | achievements | achievement | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 sufficient | nsubj |
| 15 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 sufficient | cop |
| 16 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 sufficient | advmod |
| 17 | sufficient | sufficient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 conqueror | conj |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 atone | mark |
| 19 | atone | atone | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 sufficient | csubj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 eye | punct |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 eye | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 eye | det |
| 23 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 atone | obj |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 sovereign | case |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 sovereign | nmod:poss |
| 26 | sovereign | sovereign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 eye | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 weakness | punct |
| 28 | for | for | ADP | _ | 30 weakness | case |
| 29 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 weakness | det |
| 30 | weakness | weakness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 atone | conj |
| 31 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 which | case |
| 32 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 39 subject | obl |
| 33 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 34 men | det |
| 34 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 subject | nsubj |
| 35 | ambitious | ambitious | ADP | _ | 37 renown | case |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 renown | case |
| 37 | renown | renown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 men | nmod |
| 38 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 subject | cop |
| 39 | subject | subject | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 weakness | acl:relcl |
| 40 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 45 brought | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 brought | cc |
| 42 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 43 triumphs | nmod:poss |
| 43 | triumphs | triumph | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 brought | nsubj |
| 44 | eventually | eventually | ADV | _ | 45 brought | advmod |
| 45 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 end | conj |
| 46 | persecution | persecution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 brought | obj |
| 47 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 48 himself | case |
| 48 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 45 brought | obl |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 death | punct |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 death | cc |
| 51 | untimely | untimely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 death | amod |
| 52 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 brought | obl |
| 53 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 55 children | case |
| 54 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 55 children | nmod:poss |
| 55 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 death | nmod |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 end | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Such | the lamentable end | of the conqueror of Spain | tree rules | |||
| 2 | not is | past | great achievements | sufficient property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | atone | to-infinitive | the eye of veteran's sovereign | a weakness conj | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is | present | all men ambitious renown | to a weakness; subject property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | bring | past | triumphs | persecution | upon veteran; untimely death upon veteran's children obl; eventually property | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent persecution=Theme |
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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