Legends of the conquest of Spain, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., sentence 123
The emir was confounded by the solemnity of her words; but the withered astrologer, Yuza, who stood by his side regarding the countess from beneath his bushed eyebrows, perceived trouble in her countenance and equivocation in her words.
Who acts: solemnity, withered astrologer, part · What happens: confound, wither, stand, regard, bush, perceive · To what, where: emir, bushed eyebrows, trouble, countenance
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 (solemnity, withered astrologer, part), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 emir | det |
| 2 | emir | emir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 confounded | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 confounded | aux:pass |
| 4 | confounded | confound | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 solemnity | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 solemnity | det |
| 7 | solemnity | solemnity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 confounded | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 words | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 words | nmod:poss |
| 10 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 solemnity | nmod |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 stood | punct |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 20 stood | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 astrologer | det |
| 14 | withered | wither | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 astrologer | amod |
| 15 | astrologer | astrologer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 stood | nsubj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 Yuza | punct |
| 17 | Yuza | Yuza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 astrologer | appos |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 stood | punct |
| 19 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 stood | nsubj |
| 20 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 confounded | parataxis |
| 21 | by | by | ADP | _ | 23 side | case |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 side | nmod:poss |
| 23 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 stood | obl |
| 24 | regarding | regard | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 26 countess | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 countess | det |
| 26 | countess | countess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 side | nmod |
| 27 | from | from | ADP | _ | 31 eyebrows | case |
| 28 | beneath | beneath | ADP | _ | 31 eyebrows | case |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 eyebrows | nmod:poss |
| 30 | bushed | bush | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 31 eyebrows | amod |
| 31 | eyebrows | eyebrow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 stood | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 perceived | punct |
| 33 | perceived | perceive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 stood | conj |
| 34 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 perceived | obj |
| 35 | in | in | ADP | _ | 37 countenance | case |
| 36 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 countenance | nmod:poss |
| 37 | countenance | countenance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 perceived | obl |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 equivocation | cc |
| 39 | equivocation | equivocation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 countenance | conj |
| 40 | in | in | ADP | _ | 42 words | case |
| 41 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 words | nmod:poss |
| 42 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 perceived | obl |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 confounded | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | confound | past · passive | the solemnity of part's words | the emir | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | wither | participle | vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | stand | past | the withered astrologer | astrologer's bushed eyebrows | by astrologer's side regard the countess; who nsubj | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by side=Location | |||
| 4 | regard | gerund | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 5 | bush | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 6 | perceive | past | the withered astrologer not said here | trouble | part's countenance and equivocation | in part's words | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer trouble=Stimulus | ||
| 7 | word | part | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 8 | word | part | nom word «communication 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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