Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Story of Florinda., sentence 34
It was in vain he called to mind the sacred trust reposed in him by Count Julian, and the promise he had given to watch over his daughter with paternal care; his heart was vitiated by sensual indulgence, and the consciousness of power had rendered him selfish in his gratifications.
Who acts: eye, heart, sensual indulgence · What happens: be, call, mind, repose, give, watch · To what, where: sacred trust, promise, heart, consciousness, gratifications · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, The Story of Florinda.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eye, heart, sensual indulgence), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 vain | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 vain | cop |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 vain | case |
| 4 | vain | vain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 called | nsubj |
| 6 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 vain | acl:relcl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 mind | mark |
| 8 | mind | mind | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 called | xcomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 trust | det |
| 10 | sacred | sacred | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 trust | amod |
| 11 | trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 mind | obj |
| 12 | reposed | repose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 trust | acl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 him | case |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 reposed | obl |
| 15 | by | by | ADP | _ | 16 Count | case |
| 16 | Count | Count | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 reposed | obl |
| 17 | Julian | Julian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 Count | flat |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 given | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 given | cc |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 promise | det |
| 21 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 given | nsubj:pass |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 given | nsubj:pass |
| 23 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 given | aux |
| 24 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 vain | parataxis |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 watch | mark |
| 26 | watch | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 given | advcl |
| 27 | over | over | ADP | _ | 29 daughter | case |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 29 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 watch | obl |
| 30 | with | with | ADP | _ | 32 care | case |
| 31 | paternal | paternal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 care | amod |
| 32 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 watch | obl |
| 33 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 37 vitiated | punct |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 heart | nmod:poss |
| 35 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 vitiated | nsubj:pass |
| 36 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 vitiated | aux:pass |
| 37 | vitiated | vitiate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 vain | conj |
| 38 | by | by | ADP | _ | 40 indulgence | case |
| 39 | sensual | sensual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 indulgence | amod |
| 40 | indulgence | indulgence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 vitiated | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 rendered | punct |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 rendered | cc |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 consciousness | det |
| 44 | consciousness | consciousness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 rendered | nsubj:pass |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 power | case |
| 46 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 consciousness | nmod |
| 47 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 48 rendered | aux |
| 48 | rendered | render | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 vain | conj |
| 49 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 rendered | obj |
| 50 | selfish | selfish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 rendered | obj |
| 51 | in | in | ADP | _ | 53 gratifications | case |
| 52 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 gratifications | nmod:poss |
| 53 | gratifications | gratification | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 rendered | obl |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 vain | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | eye | vain property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | call | past | heart | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | mind | to-infinitive | heart not said here | the sacred trust | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trust=Theme | ||||
| 4 | repose | participle | the sacred trust not said here | in heart; by Count | vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in he=Location | ||||
| 5 | give | past · perfect · passive | the promise | heart nsubj:pass | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 6 | watch | to-infinitive | over heart's daughter; with paternal care | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over daughter=Location | |||||
| 7 | vitiate | past · passive | sensual indulgence | heart's heart | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | render | past · perfect · passive | the consciousness of power | heart's gratifications | heart obj; selfish obj | tree rules | |||
| 9 | gratify | heart | nom gratification «state 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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