Legends of the conquest of Spain, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., sentence 101
He consulted the astrologer Yuza, who told him that, for seven days, his star would have the ascendant over that of the youth Alarbot; but after that time the youth would be safe from his power, and would effect his ruin.
Who acts: fleet, Yuza, star, youth, ruin · What happens: consult, tell, have, be, effect, ruin · To what, where: Yuza, that, fleet, ascendant, power · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Legend of Count Julian and His Family.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (fleet, Yuza, star, youth), 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 | 2 consulted | nsubj |
| 2 | consulted | consult | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Yuza | det |
| 4 | astrologer | astrologer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Yuza | nmod:desc |
| 5 | Yuza | Yuza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 consulted | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 told | punct |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 told | nsubj |
| 8 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 Yuza | advcl:relcl |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 told | iobj |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 told | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 days | punct |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 days | case |
| 13 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 days | nummod |
| 14 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 told | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 have | punct |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 star | nmod:poss |
| 17 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 have | nsubj |
| 18 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 have | aux |
| 19 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 consulted | conj |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 ascendant | det |
| 21 | ascendant | ascendant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 have | obj |
| 22 | over | over | ADP | _ | 23 that | case |
| 23 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 21 ascendant | nmod |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 youth | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 youth | det |
| 26 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 that | nmod |
| 27 | Alarbot | Alarbot | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 youth | appos |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 37 safe | punct |
| 29 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 37 safe | cc |
| 30 | after | after | ADP | _ | 32 time | case |
| 31 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 32 time | det |
| 32 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 safe | obl |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 youth | det |
| 34 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 safe | nsubj |
| 35 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 37 safe | aux |
| 36 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 37 safe | cop |
| 37 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 consulted | parataxis |
| 38 | from | from | ADP | _ | 40 power | case |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 power | nmod:poss |
| 40 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 safe | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 effect | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 effect | cc |
| 43 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 44 effect | aux |
| 44 | effect | effect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 consulted | parataxis |
| 45 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 ruin | nmod:poss |
| 46 | ruin | ruin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 effect | nsubj |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 consulted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | consult | past | fleet | the Yuza astrologer | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent yuza=Theme | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | past | the Yuza astrologer | that | fleet | day | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient that=Topic | ||
| 3 | have | would | fleet's star | the ascendant | that of the youth | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ascendant=Patient | |||
| 4 | is | would | the youth | fleet's power | time | safe property | tree rules | ||
| 5 | effect | would | fleet's ruin | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | ruin | fleet | nom ruin «state transitive»: poss=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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