Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of Count Julian., sentence 11
Roderick was readily persuaded of the sincerity of Count Julian; he was aware of his merits as a soldier and a governor, and continued him in his important command; honouring him with many other marks of implicit confidence.
Who acts: Roderick · What happens: persuade, be, continue, honour, command, mark · To what, where: Roderick, important command, implicit confidence · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Of Count Julian.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Roderick), 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 | Roderick | Roderick | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 persuaded | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 persuaded | aux:pass |
| 3 | readily | readily | ADV | _ | 4 persuaded | advmod |
| 4 | persuaded | persuade | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 sincerity | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sincerity | det |
| 7 | sincerity | sincerity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 persuaded | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Count | case |
| 9 | Count | Count | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 sincerity | nmod |
| 10 | Julian | Julian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Count | flat |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 aware | punct |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 aware | nsubj |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 aware | cop |
| 14 | aware | aware | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 persuaded | conj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 merits | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 merits | nmod:poss |
| 17 | merits | merit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 aware | obl |
| 18 | as | as | ADP | _ | 20 soldier | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 soldier | det |
| 20 | soldier | soldier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 merits | nmod |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 governor | cc |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 governor | det |
| 23 | governor | governor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 soldier | conj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 continued | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 continued | cc |
| 26 | continued | continue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 persuaded | parataxis |
| 27 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 continued | obj |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 command | case |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 command | nmod:poss |
| 30 | important | important | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 command | amod |
| 31 | command | command | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 continued | obl |
| 32 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 33 honouring | punct |
| 33 | honouring | honour | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 persuaded | advcl |
| 34 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 honouring | obj |
| 35 | with | with | ADP | _ | 38 marks | case |
| 36 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 marks | amod |
| 37 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 38 marks | amod |
| 38 | marks | mark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 honouring | obl |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 confidence | case |
| 40 | implicit | implicit | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 confidence | amod |
| 41 | confidence | confidence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 marks | nmod |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 persuaded | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | persuade | past · passive | Roderick | of the sincerity of Count; readily property | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is | past | Roderick | of Roderick's merits as a soldier and a governor; aware property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | continue | past | Roderick | Roderick's important command | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 4 | honour | gerund | Roderick | with many other marks of implicit confidence | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | command | Roderick | nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 6 | mark | implicit confidence | nom mark «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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