Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Loves of Roderick and the Princess Elyata., sentence 45
After these were over, such of the attendants of the princess as refused to embrace Christianity, and desired to return to Africa, were dismissed with munificent presents; and an embassy was sent to the king of Algiers, to inform him of the nuptials of his daughter, and to proffer him the friendship of King Roderick.
Who acts: these · What happens: be, refuse, not embrace, desire, return, dismiss · To what, where: princess, Christianity, attendants, Africa, embassy, king
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 (these), 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 | After | after | SCONJ | _ | 4 over | mark |
| 2 | these | this | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 4 over | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 over | cop |
| 4 | over | over | ADV | _ | 6 such | advcl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 over | punct |
| 6 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 9 attendants | case |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 attendants | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 attendants | det |
| 9 | attendants | attendant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 dismissed | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 princess | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 princess | det |
| 12 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 attendants | nmod |
| 13 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 14 refused | mark |
| 14 | refused | refuse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 princess | acl |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 embrace | mark |
| 16 | embrace | embrace | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 refused | xcomp |
| 17 | Christianity | Christianity | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 embrace | obj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 desired | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 desired | cc |
| 20 | desired | desire | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 attendants | acl |
| 21 | to | to | PART | _ | 22 return | mark |
| 22 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 desired | xcomp |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 Africa | case |
| 24 | Africa | Africa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 return | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 attendants | punct |
| 26 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 dismissed | aux:pass |
| 27 | dismissed | dismiss | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 28 | with | with | ADP | _ | 30 presents | case |
| 29 | munificent | munificent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 presents | amod |
| 30 | presents | present | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 dismissed | obl |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 sent | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 sent | cc |
| 33 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 embassy | det |
| 34 | embassy | embassy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 sent | nsubj:pass |
| 35 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 sent | aux:pass |
| 36 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 dismissed | parataxis |
| 37 | to | to | ADP | _ | 39 king | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 king | det |
| 39 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 sent | obl |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 Algiers | case |
| 41 | Algiers | Algiers | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 king | nmod |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 inform | punct |
| 43 | to | to | PART | _ | 44 inform | mark |
| 44 | inform | inform | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 sent | conj |
| 45 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 44 inform | obj |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 nuptials | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 nuptials | det |
| 48 | nuptials | nuptial | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 inform | obl |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 daughter | case |
| 50 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 51 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 nuptials | nmod |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 proffer | punct |
| 53 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 proffer | cc |
| 54 | to | to | PART | _ | 55 proffer | mark |
| 55 | proffer | proffer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 dismissed | conj |
| 56 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 55 proffer | obj |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 friendship | det |
| 58 | friendship | friendship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 proffer | obj |
| 59 | of | of | ADP | _ | 61 Roderick | case |
| 60 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 61 Roderick | compound |
| 61 | Roderick | Roderick | PROPN | Number=Sing | 58 friendship | nmod |
| 62 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 27 dismissed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | these | over property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | refuse | participle | the princess not said here | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not embrace | to-infinitive | Christianity | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent christianity=Co-Agent | |||||
| 4 | desire | participle | the attendants of the princess not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 5 | return not said to happen | to-infinitive | Africa | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to africa=Result | |||||
| 6 | dismiss | past · passive | such the attendants of the princess; with munificent presents | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V how S» | |||||
| 7 | send | past · passive | a embassy | the king of Algiers | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to king=Destination | ||||
| 8 | inform speech: other | to-infinitive | Christianity | of the nuptials of Christianity's daughter | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient of nuptial=Topic | ||||
| 9 | proffer | to-infinitive | the friendship of King Roderick | Christianity | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient friendship=Theme |
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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