Legends of the conquest of Spain, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., sentence 64
He no longer doubted his being concerned in the recent insurrections, and that he had sent his family away, preparatory to an attempt, by force of arms, to subvert the Moslem domination.
Who acts: hesitation · What happens: doubt, be, send away, subvert · To what, where: sent preparatory, recent insurrections, family, Moslem domination
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), 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 | 4 doubted | nsubj |
| 2 | no | no | ADV | _ | 3 longer | advmod |
| 3 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 doubted | advmod |
| 4 | doubted | doubt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 concerned | nmod:poss |
| 6 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 concerned | cop |
| 7 | concerned | concerned | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 doubted | xcomp |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 insurrections | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 insurrections | det |
| 10 | recent | recent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 insurrections | amod |
| 11 | insurrections | insurrection | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 concerned | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 preparatory | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 preparatory | cc |
| 14 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 17 sent | mark |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 sent | nsubj |
| 16 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 sent | aux |
| 17 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 preparatory | amod |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 family | nmod:poss |
| 19 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 sent | obj |
| 20 | away | away | ADV | _ | 17 sent | advmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 sent | punct |
| 22 | preparatory | preparatory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 doubted | obl |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 25 attempt | case |
| 24 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 attempt | det |
| 25 | attempt | attempt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 preparatory | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 force | punct |
| 27 | by | by | ADP | _ | 28 force | case |
| 28 | force | force | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 attempt | appos |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 arms | case |
| 30 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 force | nmod |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 subvert | punct |
| 32 | to | to | PART | _ | 33 subvert | mark |
| 33 | subvert | subvert | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 doubted | conj |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 domination | det |
| 35 | Moslem | Moslem | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 domination | amod |
| 36 | domination | domination | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 subvert | obj |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 doubted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | doubt | past | hesitation | sent preparatory to a attempt | long property | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | is | gerund | hesitation not said here | the recent insurrections | hesitation nmod:poss; concerned property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | send away | past · perfect | hesitation | hesitation's family | away property | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Theme | |||
| 4 | subvert | to-infinitive | hesitation not said here | the Moslem domination | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent domination=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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