Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Loves of Roderick and the Princess Elyata., sentence 1
As yet the heart of Roderick, occupied by the struggles of his early life, by warlike enterprises, and by the inquietudes of newly-gotten power, had been insensible to the charms of women; but in the present voluptuous calm the amorous propensities of his nature assumed their sway.
Who acts: present voluptuous calm amorous propensities, early life · What happens: occupy, get, be, assume, struggle · To what, where: heart, sway
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Of the Loves of Roderick and the Princess Elyata.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (present voluptuous calm amorous propensities, early life), 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 | As | as | ADP | _ | 4 heart | case |
| 2 | yet | yet | CCONJ | _ | 4 heart | cc |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 heart | det |
| 4 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 assumed | obl |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Roderick | case |
| 6 | Roderick | Roderick | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 heart | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 occupied | punct |
| 8 | occupied | occupy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 heart | acl |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 struggles | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 struggles | det |
| 11 | struggles | struggle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 occupied | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 life | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 life | nmod:poss |
| 14 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 life | amod |
| 15 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 struggles | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 enterprises | punct |
| 17 | by | by | ADP | _ | 19 enterprises | case |
| 18 | warlike | warlike | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 enterprises | amod |
| 19 | enterprises | enterprise | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 occupied | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 insensible | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 insensible | cc |
| 22 | by | by | ADP | _ | 24 inquietudes | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 inquietudes | det |
| 24 | inquietudes | inquietude | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 insensible | obl |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 power | case |
| 26 | newly | newly | ADV | _ | 28 gotten | advmod |
| 27 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 26 newly | punct |
| 28 | gotten | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 power | amod |
| 29 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 inquietudes | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 inquietudes | punct |
| 31 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 insensible | aux |
| 32 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 33 insensible | cop |
| 33 | insensible | insensible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 enterprises | conj |
| 34 | to | to | ADP | _ | 36 charms | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 charms | det |
| 36 | charms | charm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 insensible | obl |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 women | case |
| 38 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 charms | nmod |
| 39 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 52 assumed | punct |
| 40 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 52 assumed | cc |
| 41 | in | in | ADP | _ | 48 propensities | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 propensities | det |
| 43 | present | present | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 propensities | amod |
| 44 | voluptuous | voluptuous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 propensities | amod |
| 45 | calm | calm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 propensities | amod |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 propensities | det |
| 47 | amorous | amorous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 propensities | amod |
| 48 | propensities | propensity | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 assumed | nsubj |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 nature | case |
| 50 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 nature | nmod:poss |
| 51 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 propensities | nmod |
| 52 | assumed | assume | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 53 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 54 sway | nmod:poss |
| 54 | sway | sway | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 assumed | obj |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 52 assumed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | occupy | participle | the heart of Roderick not said here | by the struggles of Roderick's early life; by warlike enterprises | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | get | participle | newly property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | is | past · perfect | by the inquietudes of gotten power; to the charms of women; insensible property | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | assume | past | the present voluptuous calm amorous propensities of Roderick's nature | propensities's sway | as the heart of Roderick | vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sway=Theme | |||
| 5 | struggle | Roderick's early life | nom struggle «act intransitive»: of=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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