Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of Count Julian., sentence 17
“I confide her to your protection,” said he to the king, “to be unto her as a father; and to have her trained in the paths of virtue.
Who acts: Julian, your · What happens: confide, say, be, have, train, protect · To what, where: Florinda, protection, king, paths · 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 (Julian, your), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 confide | nsubj |
| 3 | confide | confide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 said | ccomp |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 confide | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 protection | case |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 protection | nmod:poss |
| 7 | protection | protection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 confide | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 confide | punct |
| 9 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 confide | punct |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 said | nsubj |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 king | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 king | det |
| 14 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 said | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 her | punct |
| 16 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 her | punct |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 her | mark |
| 18 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 20 her | cop |
| 19 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 20 her | case |
| 20 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 king | conj |
| 21 | as | as | ADP | _ | 23 father | case |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 father | det |
| 23 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 her | nmod |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 27 have | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 have | cc |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 have | mark |
| 27 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 said | conj |
| 28 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 trained | nmod:poss |
| 29 | trained | train | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 have | xcomp |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 paths | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 paths | det |
| 32 | paths | path | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 trained | obl |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 virtue | case |
| 34 | virtue | virtue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 paths | nmod |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | confide speech: other in a quote | present | Julian | Florinda | your protection | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Topic to protection=Recipient | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Julian | the king | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | to-infinitive | Julian not said here | unto Florinda; as a father | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | have in a quote | to-infinitive | Julian not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | train in a quote | participle | Julian not said here | the paths of virtue | Florinda nmod:poss | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||
| 6 | protect in a quote | your | nom protection «act transitive»: poss=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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