Legends of the conquest of Spain, Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower., sentence 6
To such a mind the necromantic tower of Toledo will appear as one of those wondrous monuments of the olden time; one of those Egyptian and Chaldaic piles, storied with hidden wisdom and mystic prophecy, which have been devised in past ages, when man yet enjoyed an intercourse with high and spiritual natures, and when human foresight partook of divination.”
Who acts: necromantic tower, man, human foresight · What happens: appear, story, devise, enjoy, partake · To what, where: one, mystic prophecy, past ages, intercourse
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (necromantic tower, man, human foresight), 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 | To | to | PART | _ | 4 mind | mark |
| 2 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 mind | det:predet |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 mind | det |
| 4 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 appear | advcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 tower | det |
| 6 | necromantic | necromantic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 tower | amod |
| 7 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 appear | nsubj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Toledo | case |
| 9 | Toledo | Toledo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 tower | nmod |
| 10 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 appear | aux |
| 11 | appear | appear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 12 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 one | case |
| 13 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 appear | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 monuments | case |
| 15 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 17 monuments | det |
| 16 | wondrous | wondrous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 monuments | amod |
| 17 | monuments | monument | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 one | nmod |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 time | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 time | det |
| 20 | olden | olden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 time | amod |
| 21 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 monuments | nmod |
| 22 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 one | punct |
| 23 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 appear | obl |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 piles | case |
| 25 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 29 piles | nsubj |
| 26 | Egyptian | Egyptian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 piles | amod |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 piles | cc |
| 28 | Chaldaic | Chaldaic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 piles | compound |
| 29 | piles | pile | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 one | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 storied | punct |
| 31 | storied | story | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 one | conj |
| 32 | with | with | ADP | _ | 34 wisdom | case |
| 33 | hidden | hidden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 wisdom | amod |
| 34 | wisdom | wisdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 storied | obl |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 prophecy | cc |
| 36 | mystic | mystic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 prophecy | amod |
| 37 | prophecy | prophecy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 wisdom | conj |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 devised | punct |
| 39 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 42 devised | nsubj:pass |
| 40 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 42 devised | aux |
| 41 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 42 devised | aux:pass |
| 42 | devised | devise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 37 prophecy | acl:relcl |
| 43 | in | in | ADP | _ | 45 ages | case |
| 44 | past | past | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 ages | amod |
| 45 | ages | age | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 devised | obl |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 enjoyed | punct |
| 47 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 50 enjoyed | advmod |
| 48 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 enjoyed | nsubj |
| 49 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 50 enjoyed | advmod |
| 50 | enjoyed | enjoy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 appear | parataxis |
| 51 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 52 intercourse | det |
| 52 | intercourse | intercourse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 enjoyed | obj |
| 53 | with | with | ADP | _ | 57 natures | case |
| 54 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 natures | amod |
| 55 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 56 spiritual | cc |
| 56 | spiritual | spiritual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 54 high | conj |
| 57 | natures | nature | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 intercourse | nmod |
| 58 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 partook | punct |
| 59 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 63 partook | cc |
| 60 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 63 partook | advmod |
| 61 | human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 62 foresight | amod |
| 62 | foresight | foresight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 partook | nsubj |
| 63 | partook | partake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 enjoyed | conj |
| 64 | of | of | ADP | _ | 65 divination | case |
| 65 | divination | divination | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 partook | obl |
| 66 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 appear | punct |
| 67 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 appear | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | appear | future | the necromantic tower of Toledo | one of Egyptian Chaldaic piles those | as one of that wondrous monuments of the olden time; such mind advcl | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | story | participle | the necromantic tower of Toledo not said here | with hidden wisdom and mystic prophecy | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | devise | present · perfect · passive | mystic prophecy | in past ages | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 4 | enjoy | past | man | a intercourse | yet | with high natures | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer intercourse=Stimulus | ||
| 5 | partake | past | human foresight | of divination | 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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