Legends of the conquest of Spain, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., sentence 63
His hesitation, and the circumstance of his having sent his family across the straits to Africa, were construed by the jealous mind of the emir into proofs of guilt.
Who acts: hesitation, jealous mind, Count · What happens: have, send, construe, hesitate, mind, proof · To what, where: circumstance, family, straits, proofs, emir, guilt
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 (hesitation, jealous mind, Count), 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 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 hesitation | nmod:poss |
| 2 | hesitation | hesitation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sent | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 circumstance | punct |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 circumstance | cc |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 circumstance | det |
| 6 | circumstance | circumstance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hesitation | appos |
| 7 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 9 having | mark |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Gender=Masc Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 having | nsubj |
| 9 | having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 circumstance | acl |
| 10 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 family | nmod:poss |
| 12 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sent | obj |
| 13 | across | across | ADP | _ | 15 straits | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 straits | det |
| 15 | straits | strait | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 sent | obl |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 Africa | case |
| 17 | Africa | Africa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 straits | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 construed | punct |
| 19 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 construed | aux:pass |
| 20 | construed | construe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 sent | conj |
| 21 | by | by | ADP | _ | 24 mind | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 mind | det |
| 23 | jealous | jealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 mind | amod |
| 24 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 construed | obl |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 emir | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 emir | det |
| 27 | emir | emir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 mind | nmod |
| 28 | into | into | ADP | _ | 29 proofs | case |
| 29 | proofs | proof | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 construed | obl |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 guilt | case |
| 31 | guilt | guilt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 proofs | nmod |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 sent | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | gerund | hesitation | the circumstance not said here | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent circumstance=Patient | ||||
| 2 | send | past | Count's hesitation | Count's family | the straits to Africa | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Theme | |||
| 3 | construe | past · passive | the jealous mind of the emir | proofs of guilt | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | hesitate | Count | nom hesitation «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 5 | mind | the emir | nom mind «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 6 | proof | guilt | nom proof «cognition 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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