Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of Count Julian., sentence 6
[9] He had, moreover, been intrusted with the military government of the Spanish possessions on the African coast of the strait, which at that time were threatened by the Arabs of the East, the followers of Mahomet, who were advancing their victorious standard to the extremity of Western Africa.
Who acts: Julian, military government, Arabs, followers · What happens: have, intrust, threaten, advance · To what, where: 9, strait, victorious standard, extremity
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, military government, Arabs, followers), 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 | _ | 2 9 | punct |
| 2 | 9 | 9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 had | obl |
| 3 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 2 9 | punct |
| 4 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 had | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 intrusted | punct |
| 7 | moreover | moreover | ADV | _ | 10 intrusted | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 intrusted | punct |
| 9 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 intrusted | aux:pass |
| 10 | intrusted | intrust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 had | conj |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 government | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 government | det |
| 13 | military | military | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 government | amod |
| 14 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 intrusted | obl:agent |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 possessions | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 possessions | det |
| 17 | Spanish | Spanish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 possessions | amod |
| 18 | possessions | possession | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 government | nmod |
| 19 | on | on | ADP | _ | 22 coast | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 coast | det |
| 21 | African | African | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 coast | amod |
| 22 | coast | coast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 possessions | nmod |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 strait | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 strait | det |
| 25 | strait | strait | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 coast | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 threatened | punct |
| 27 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 32 threatened | obj |
| 28 | at | at | ADP | _ | 30 time | case |
| 29 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 30 time | det |
| 30 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 threatened | obl |
| 31 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 threatened | aux:pass |
| 32 | threatened | threaten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 strait | acl:relcl |
| 33 | by | by | ADP | _ | 35 Arabs | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 Arabs | det |
| 35 | Arabs | Arab | PROPN | Number=Plur | 32 threatened | obl |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 East | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 East | det |
| 38 | East | East | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 Arabs | nmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 followers | punct |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 followers | det |
| 41 | followers | follower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 Arabs | appos |
| 42 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 Mahomet | case |
| 43 | Mahomet | Mahomet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 followers | nmod |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 advancing | punct |
| 45 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 47 advancing | nsubj |
| 46 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 47 advancing | aux |
| 47 | advancing | advance | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 41 followers | acl |
| 48 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 standard | nmod:poss |
| 49 | victorious | victorious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 standard | amod |
| 50 | standard | standard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 advancing | obj |
| 51 | to | to | ADP | _ | 53 extremity | case |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 extremity | det |
| 53 | extremity | extremity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 advancing | obl |
| 54 | of | of | ADP | _ | 56 Africa | case |
| 55 | Western | Western | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 56 Africa | compound |
| 56 | Africa | Africa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 53 extremity | nmod |
| 57 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | Julian | 9 | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | intrust | participle · passive | the military government of the Spanish possessions on the African coast of the strait | moreover property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | threaten | past · passive | the Arabs of the East | the strait | time | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus which=Experiencer | |||
| 4 | advance | past · progressive | the followers of Mahomet | followers's victorious standard | to the extremity of Western Africa goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent standard=Theme to extremity=Goal |
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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