Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of Count Julian., sentence 5
In consequence of this connection, and of his own merits, he had enjoyed the highest dignities and commands: being one of the Espatorios, or royal sword-bearers; an office of the greatest confidence about the person of the sovereign.
Who acts: Julian · What happens: enjoy, be · To what, where: highest dignities, consequence, one
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), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 consequence | case |
| 2 | consequence | consequence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 enjoyed | obl |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 connection | case |
| 4 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 connection | det |
| 5 | connection | connection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 consequence | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 merits | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 merits | cc |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 merits | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 merits | nmod:poss |
| 10 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 merits | amod |
| 11 | merits | merit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 consequence | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 consequence | punct |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 enjoyed | nsubj |
| 14 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 enjoyed | aux |
| 15 | enjoyed | enjoy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 dignities | det |
| 17 | highest | high | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 18 dignities | amod |
| 18 | dignities | dignity | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 enjoyed | obj |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 commands | cc |
| 20 | commands | command | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 dignities | conj |
| 21 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 23 one | punct |
| 22 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 23 one | cop |
| 23 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 enjoyed | parataxis |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 Espatorios | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 Espatorios | det |
| 26 | Espatorios | Espatorios | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 one | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 bearers | punct |
| 28 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 32 bearers | cc |
| 29 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 bearers | amod |
| 30 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 bearers | compound |
| 31 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 30 sword | punct |
| 32 | bearers | bearer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 enjoyed | obl |
| 33 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 35 office | punct |
| 34 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 office | det |
| 35 | office | office | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 enjoyed | obl |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 confidence | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 confidence | det |
| 38 | greatest | great | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 39 confidence | amod |
| 39 | confidence | confidence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 office | nmod |
| 40 | about | about | ADP | _ | 42 person | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 person | det |
| 42 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 confidence | nmod |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 sovereign | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 sovereign | det |
| 45 | sovereign | sovereign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 person | nmod |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 enjoyed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enjoy | past · perfect | Julian | the highest dignities and commands | consequence of this connection and Julian's own merits | royal sword bearers obl; a office of the greatest confidence about the person of the sovereign obl | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dignity=Stimulus | ||
| 2 | is a | gerund | one | of the Espatorios | tree rules |
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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