Legends of the conquest of Spain, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., sentence 48
In the course of his studies and travels in the East, he had collected the knowledge and experience of ages; being skilled in astrology and, it is said, in necromancy, and possessing the marvellous gift of prophecy or divination.
Who acts: Suleiman · What happens: travel, collect, skill, say, possess, study · To what, where: East, knowledge, course, astrology, necromancy, marvellous gift · 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 (Suleiman), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 course | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 course | det |
| 3 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 collected | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 studies | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 studies | nmod:poss |
| 6 | studies | study | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 course | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 travels | cc |
| 8 | travels | travel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 studies | conj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 East | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 East | det |
| 11 | East | East | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 travels | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 course | punct |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 collected | nsubj |
| 14 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 collected | aux |
| 15 | collected | collect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 knowledge | det |
| 17 | knowledge | knowledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 collected | obj |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 experience | cc |
| 19 | experience | experience | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 knowledge | conj |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 ages | case |
| 21 | ages | age | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 experience | nmod |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 skilled | punct |
| 23 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 24 skilled | aux:pass |
| 24 | skilled | skill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 collected | parataxis |
| 25 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 astrology | case |
| 26 | astrology | astrology | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 skilled | obl |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 said | cc |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 and | punct |
| 29 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 said | nsubj |
| 30 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 said | aux:pass |
| 31 | said | say | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 skilled | conj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 necromancy | punct |
| 33 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 necromancy | case |
| 34 | necromancy | necromancy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 said | obl |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 possessing | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 possessing | cc |
| 37 | possessing | possess | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 collected | advcl |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 gift | det |
| 39 | marvellous | marvellous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 gift | amod |
| 40 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 possessing | obj |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 prophecy | case |
| 42 | prophecy | prophecy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 gift | nmod |
| 43 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 44 divination | cc |
| 44 | divination | divination | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 prophecy | conj |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 collected | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | travel | present | Suleiman not said here | the East | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in east=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | collect | past · perfect | Suleiman | the knowledge and experience of ages | the course of Suleiman's studies | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knowledge=Theme | |||
| 3 | skill | gerund · passive | astrology | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | present · passive | astrology | necromancy | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: subject=Theme in necromancy=Manner | ||||
| 5 | possess | gerund | Suleiman not said here | the marvellous gift of prophecy or divination | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot gift=Theme | ||||
| 6 | study | Suleiman | nom study «act transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 7 | experience | ages | nom experience «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 8 | gift | prophecy or divination | nom gift «possession transitive»: of=patient |
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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