Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VIII., sentence 39

Having thus artfully arranged his plans, and all things being prepared for his return to Africa, he obtained permission to withdraw his daughter from the court, and leave her with her mother, the Countess Frandina, who, he pretended, lay dangerously ill at Algeziras.

Who acts: Having, treason, Countess Frandina · What happens: have, arrange, prepare, obtain, withdraw, leave · To what, where: plans, things, permission, daughter, court, AFRICA

This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter VIII.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Having, treason, Countess Frandina), 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	Having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 arranged	csubj
2	thus	thus	ADV	_	1 Having	advmod
3	artfully	artfully	ADV	_	4 arranged	advmod
4	arranged	arrange	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 plans	nmod:poss
6	plans	plan	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 arranged	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 prepared	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 prepared	cc
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 things	det
10	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 prepared	nsubj:pass
11	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 prepared	aux:pass
12	prepared	prepare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 arranged	advcl
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 return	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 return	nmod:poss
15	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 prepared	obl
16	to	to	ADP	_	17 Africa	case
17	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 return	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 obtained	punct
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 obtained	nsubj
20	obtained	obtain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 arranged	conj
21	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 obtained	obj
22	to	to	PART	_	23 withdraw	mark
23	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 obtained	xcomp
24	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 daughter	nmod:poss
25	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 withdraw	obj
26	from	from	ADP	_	28 court	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 court	det
28	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 withdraw	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 leave	punct
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 leave	cc
31	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 arranged	conj
32	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	31 leave	obj
33	with	with	ADP	_	35 mother	case
34	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	35 mother	nmod:poss
35	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	31 leave	obl
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 Frandina	punct
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 Frandina	det
38	Countess	Countess	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 Frandina	compound
39	Frandina	Frandina	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 mother	appos
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 pretended	punct
41	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	44 pretended	nsubj
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 pretended	punct
43	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	44 pretended	nsubj
44	pretended	pretend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	39 Frandina	acl:relcl
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	46 lay	punct
46	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	44 pretended	conj
47	dangerously	dangerously	ADV	_	48 ill	advmod
48	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 lay	xcomp
49	at	at	ADP	_	50 Algeziras	case
50	Algeziras	Algeziras	PROPN	Number=Sing	48 ill	obl
51	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 arranged	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	gerund					thus property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	arrange	past	Having	treason's plans			artfully property	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Product
3	prepare	gerund · passive		all things			for treason's return to Africa	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for return=Beneficiary
4	obtain	past	treason	permission				tree rules
5	withdraw	to-infinitive	treason not said here	treason's daughter		the court		vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme from court=Initial_Location
6	leave	infinitive	Having not said here		AFRICA		with AFRICA's mother	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Recipient with mother=Theme
7	pretend	past	the Countess Frandina				treason nsubj	tree rules
8	lie	past	the Countess Frandina not said here				ill property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	plan		treason					nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
10	return		treason				to Africa	nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl

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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🌲 Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VIII., sentence 39

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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VIII., sentence 39