Legends of the conquest of Spain, Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Muza., sentence 82
[38] According to Arabian legends, this table was a mirror revealing all great events; insomuch that by looking on it the possessor might behold battles and sieges and feats of chivalry, and all actions worthy of renown; and might thus ascertain the truth of all historic transactions.
Who acts: table, mirror · What happens: accord, be, reveal, look, behold, ascertain · To what, where: mirror, great events, possessor, table, insomuch, truth
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 (table, mirror), 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 38 | punct |
| 2 | 38 | 38 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 3 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 2 38 | punct |
| 4 | According | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 legends | case |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 According | fixed |
| 6 | Arabian | Arabian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 legends | amod |
| 7 | legends | legend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 38 | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 mirror | punct |
| 9 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 table | det |
| 10 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 mirror | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 mirror | cop |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 mirror | det |
| 13 | mirror | mirror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 legends | nmod |
| 14 | revealing | reveal | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 mirror | acl |
| 15 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 events | det |
| 16 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 events | amod |
| 17 | events | event | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 revealing | obj |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 insomuch | punct |
| 19 | insomuch | insomuch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 mirror | conj |
| 20 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 behold | obj |
| 21 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 22 looking | mark |
| 22 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 28 behold | advcl |
| 23 | on | on | ADP | _ | 24 it | case |
| 24 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 looking | obl |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 possessor | det |
| 26 | possessor | possessor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 looking | obj |
| 27 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 28 behold | aux |
| 28 | behold | behold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 insomuch | acl:relcl |
| 29 | battles | battle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 behold | obj |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 sieges | cc |
| 31 | sieges | siege | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 battles | conj |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 feats | cc |
| 33 | feats | feat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 battles | conj |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 chivalry | case |
| 35 | chivalry | chivalry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 feats | nmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 worthy | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 worthy | cc |
| 38 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 39 actions | det |
| 39 | actions | action | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 worthy | compound |
| 40 | worthy | worthy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 insomuch | appos |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 renown | case |
| 42 | renown | renown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 worthy | nmod |
| 43 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 47 ascertain | punct |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 ascertain | cc |
| 45 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 47 ascertain | aux |
| 46 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 47 ascertain | advmod |
| 47 | ascertain | ascertain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 38 | conj |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 truth | det |
| 49 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 ascertain | obj |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 transactions | case |
| 51 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 53 transactions | det |
| 52 | historic | historic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 transactions | amod |
| 53 | transactions | transaction | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 truth | nmod |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 38 | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is a | past | this table | a mirror and insomuch | insomuch conj | tree rules | |||
| 3 | reveal | gerund | a mirror and insomuch not said here | all great events | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent event=Topic | ||||
| 4 | look | gerund | the possessor | table | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme possessor=Attribute | ||||
| 5 | behold | might | insomuch | battles and sieges and feats of chivalry obj | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | ascertain | might | the truth of all historic transactions | thus property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Topic |
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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