Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of Count Julian., sentence 9
Don Julian was a man of an active, but irregular genius, and a grasping ambition; he had a love for power and grandeur, in which he was joined by his haughty countess; and they could ill brook the downfall of their house as threatened by the fate of Witiza.
Who acts: Don, haughty countess · What happens: be, grasp, have, join, brook, threaten · To what, where: man, love, Don, downfall, Witiza
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 (Don, haughty countess), 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 | Don | Don | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 man | nsubj |
| 2 | Julian | Julian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Don | flat |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 man | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 man | det |
| 5 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 active | case |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 active | det |
| 8 | active | active | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 man | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 genius | punct |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 genius | cc |
| 11 | irregular | irregular | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 genius | amod |
| 12 | genius | genius | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 man | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 ambition | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 ambition | cc |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 ambition | det |
| 16 | grasping | grasp | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 17 ambition | amod |
| 17 | ambition | ambition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 man | conj |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 had | punct |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 had | nsubj |
| 20 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 man | conj |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 love | det |
| 22 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 had | obj |
| 23 | for | for | ADP | _ | 24 power | case |
| 24 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 love | nmod |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 grandeur | cc |
| 26 | grandeur | grandeur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 love | conj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 joined | punct |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 which | case |
| 29 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 32 joined | obl |
| 30 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 joined | nsubj |
| 31 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 joined | aux:pass |
| 32 | joined | join | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 had | conj |
| 33 | by | by | ADP | _ | 36 countess | case |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 countess | nmod:poss |
| 35 | haughty | haughty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 countess | amod |
| 36 | countess | countess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 joined | obl |
| 37 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 41 ill | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 ill | cc |
| 39 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 ill | nsubj |
| 40 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 41 ill | aux |
| 41 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 had | parataxis |
| 42 | brook | brook | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 ill | conj |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 downfall | det |
| 44 | downfall | downfall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 brook | obj |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 house | case |
| 46 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 house | nmod:poss |
| 47 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 downfall | nmod |
| 48 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 49 threatened | mark |
| 49 | threatened | threaten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 42 brook | advcl |
| 50 | by | by | ADP | _ | 52 fate | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 fate | det |
| 52 | fate | fate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 threatened | obl |
| 53 | of | of | ADP | _ | 54 Witiza | case |
| 54 | Witiza | Witiza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 fate | nmod |
| 55 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 man | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Don | a man but irregular genius and a grasping ambition | of a active; irregular genius conj; a grasping ambition conj | tree rules | |||
| 2 | grasp | gerund | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 3 | have | past | Don | a love and grandeur | for power | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Patient | |||
| 4 | join | past · passive | Julian's haughty countess | Don | which obl | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | |||
| 5 | brook | infinitive | Don not said here | the downfall of love's house | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | threaten | participle | Don not said here | by the fate of Witiza | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 7 | fate | Witiza | nom fate «event 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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