Legends of the conquest of Spain, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., sentence 20
He had no relish for the dainties of his board; music had no charm wherewith to lull his soul, and remorse drove slumber from his pillow.
Who acts: tree, music, charm, remorse · What happens: have, lull, drive · To what, where: relish, charm, soul, slumber, pillow
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 (tree, music, charm, remorse), 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 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 relish | det |
| 4 | relish | relish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 had | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 dainties | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 dainties | det |
| 7 | dainties | dainty | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 had | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 board | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 board | nmod:poss |
| 10 | board | board | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dainties | nmod |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 13 had | punct |
| 12 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 had | nsubj |
| 13 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 had | parataxis |
| 14 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 15 charm | det |
| 15 | charm | charm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 had | obj |
| 16 | wherewith | wherewith | ADV | PronType=Int | 18 lull | advmod |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 lull | mark |
| 18 | lull | lull | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 had | xcomp |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 soul | nmod:poss |
| 20 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 lull | obj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 drove | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 drove | cc |
| 23 | remorse | remorse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 drove | nsubj |
| 24 | drove | drive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 had | conj |
| 25 | slumber | slumber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 drove | obj |
| 26 | from | from | ADP | _ | 28 pillow | case |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 pillow | nmod:poss |
| 28 | pillow | pillow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 drove | obl |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | tree | no relish | for the dainties of tree's board | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent relish=Patient | |||
| 2 | have | past | music | no charm | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | lull | to-infinitive | no charm not said here | tree's soul | wherewith property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus soul=Experiencer | |||
| 4 | drive | past | remorse | slumber | tree's pillow | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent slumber=Theme from pillow=Trajectory |
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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