Legends of the conquest of Spain, Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Muza., sentence 63

[31] In this legend most of the facts respecting the Arab inroads into Spain are on the authority of Arabian writers; who had the most accurate means of information.

Who acts: facts, most, authority, accurate · What happens: respect, be, have, mean · To what, where: Arab inroads, Spain, legend, authority, 31

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 (facts, most, authority, accurate), 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	[	[	PUNCT	_	2 31	punct
2	31	31	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
3	]	]	PUNCT	_	2 31	punct
4	In	in	ADP	_	6 legend	case
5	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 legend	det
6	legend	legend	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 31	nmod
7	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	20 authority	nsubj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 facts	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 most	nmod
11	respecting	respect	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 inroads	det
13	Arab	Arab	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 inroads	amod
14	inroads	inroad	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 respecting	obj
15	into	into	ADP	_	16 Spain	case
16	Spain	Spain	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 respecting	obl
17	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 authority	cop
18	on	on	ADP	_	20 authority	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 authority	det
20	authority	authority	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 legend	acl:relcl
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 writers	case
22	Arabian	Arabian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 writers	amod
23	writers	writer	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 authority	nmod
24	;	;	PUNCT	_	26 had	punct
25	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	26 had	nsubj
26	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 authority	conj
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 accurate	det
28	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	29 accurate	advmod
29	accurate	accurate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 means	nsubj
30	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 had	ccomp
31	of	of	ADP	_	32 information	case
32	information	information	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 means	obl
33	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 31	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	respect	gerund	the facts not said here	the Arab inroads	Spain		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer inroad=Stimulus
2	is	present	most of the facts	this legend not said here	the authority	of Arabian writers	tree rules
3	have	past	the authority				tree rules
4	mean	present	the accurate			of information	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=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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🌲 Legends of the conquest of Spain, Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Muza., sentence 63

The tree

Pragmatics

Legends of the conquest of Spain, Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Muza., sentence 63