Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Loves of Roderick and the Princess Elyata., sentence 39
The female intellect is quick in perceiving the merits of new doctrines: the archbishop, therefore, soon succeeded in converting, not merely the princess, but most of her attendants; and a day was appointed for their public baptism.
Who acts: female intellect · What happens: be, perceive, succeed, appoint · To what, where: merits, archbishop, converting
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 (female intellect), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 intellect | det |
| 2 | female | female | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 intellect | amod |
| 3 | intellect | intellect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 quick | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 quick | cop |
| 5 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 7 perceiving | mark |
| 7 | perceiving | perceive | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 quick | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 merits | det |
| 9 | merits | merit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 perceiving | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 doctrines | case |
| 11 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 doctrines | amod |
| 12 | doctrines | doctrine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 merits | nmod |
| 13 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 15 archbishop | punct |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 archbishop | det |
| 15 | archbishop | archbishop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 quick | parataxis |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 succeeded | punct |
| 17 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 20 succeeded | advmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 succeeded | punct |
| 19 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 20 succeeded | advmod |
| 20 | succeeded | succeed | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 archbishop | acl:relcl |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 converting | case |
| 22 | converting | converting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 succeeded | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 princess | punct |
| 24 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 27 princess | advmod |
| 25 | merely | merely | ADV | _ | 27 princess | advmod |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 princess | det |
| 27 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 converting | conj |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 attendants | punct |
| 29 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 33 attendants | cc |
| 30 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 33 attendants | amod |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 attendants | case |
| 32 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 attendants | nmod:poss |
| 33 | attendants | attendant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 archbishop | conj |
| 34 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 appointed | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 appointed | cc |
| 36 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 37 day | det |
| 37 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 appointed | obl:unmarked |
| 38 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 appointed | aux:pass |
| 39 | appointed | appoint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 quick | parataxis |
| 40 | for | for | ADP | _ | 43 baptism | case |
| 41 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 baptism | nmod:poss |
| 42 | public | public | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 baptism | amod |
| 43 | baptism | baptism | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 appointed | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 quick | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the female intellect | the archbishop but Elyata's most attendants parataxis; quick property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | perceive | gerund | the female intellect not said here | the merits of new doctrines | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer merit=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | succeed | participle | the archbishop but Elyata's most attendants not said here | converting and the princess | soon, therefore property | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent in converting=Eventuality | |||
| 4 | appoint | past · passive | day | for princess's public baptism | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP» |
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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