Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of Count Julian., sentence 2
The principal nobles throughout the kingdom repaired to his court to pay him homage, and to receive his commands; and none were more devoted in their reverence than those who were obnoxious to suspicion, from their connection with the late king.
Who acts: principal nobles, none, Don, nobles · What happens: repair, pay, receive, be, suspicion, command · To what, where: Don, commands, reverence, connection · 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 (principal nobles, none, Don, nobles), 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 nobles | det |
| 2 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 nobles | amod |
| 3 | nobles | noble | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 repaired | nsubj |
| 4 | throughout | throughout | ADP | _ | 6 kingdom | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 kingdom | det |
| 6 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 nobles | nmod |
| 7 | repaired | repair | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 court | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 court | nmod:poss |
| 10 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 repaired | obl |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 pay | mark |
| 12 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 repaired | advcl |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 pay | obj |
| 14 | homage | homage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 pay | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 receive | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 receive | cc |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 receive | mark |
| 18 | receive | receive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 pay | conj |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 commands | nmod:poss |
| 20 | commands | command | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 receive | obj |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 devoted | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 devoted | cc |
| 23 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 26 devoted | nsubj |
| 24 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 devoted | cop |
| 25 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 26 devoted | advmod |
| 26 | devoted | devoted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 repaired | parataxis |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 reverence | case |
| 28 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 reverence | nmod:poss |
| 29 | reverence | reverence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 devoted | obl |
| 30 | than | than | ADP | _ | 31 those | case |
| 31 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 26 devoted | obl |
| 32 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 34 obnoxious | nsubj |
| 33 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 obnoxious | cop |
| 34 | obnoxious | obnoxious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 those | acl:relcl |
| 35 | to | to | PART | _ | 36 suspicion | mark |
| 36 | suspicion | suspicion | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 obnoxious | xcomp |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 connection | punct |
| 38 | from | from | ADP | _ | 40 connection | case |
| 39 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 connection | nmod:poss |
| 40 | connection | connection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 suspicion | obl |
| 41 | with | with | ADP | _ | 44 king | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 king | det |
| 43 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 king | amod |
| 44 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 connection | nmod |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 repaired | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | repair | past | the principal nobles throughout the kingdom | to Don's court | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | pay | to-infinitive | the principal nobles throughout the kingdom not said here | Don | homage obj | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient homage=Asset | |||
| 3 | receive | to-infinitive | the principal nobles throughout the kingdom not said here | Don's commands | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Theme | ||||
| 4 | is | past | none | nobles's reverence | than those; devoted property | tree rules | |||
| 5 | is | past | who nsubj; obnoxious property | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | suspicion | to-infinitive | nobles's connection with the late king | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | command | Don | nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 8 | reverence | nobles = noble | nom reverence «feeling 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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