Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VIII., sentence 5
The Arabs of the East, the followers of Mahomet, having subjugated several of the most potent oriental kingdoms, had established their seat of empire at Damascus, where, at this time, it was filled by Waled Almanzor, surnamed “the Sword of God.”
Who acts: Arabs, Waled Almanzor · What happens: subjugate, establish, fill, wale, surname · To what, where: several, Arabs, seat, Waled Almanzor
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 (Arabs, Waled Almanzor), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Arabs | det |
| 2 | Arabs | Arab | PROPN | Number=Plur | 23 established | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 East | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 East | det |
| 5 | East | East | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Arabs | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 followers | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 followers | det |
| 8 | followers | follower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 Arabs | appos |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Mahomet | case |
| 10 | Mahomet | Mahomet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 followers | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 subjugated | punct |
| 12 | having | have | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 subjugated | aux |
| 13 | subjugated | subjugate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 Arabs | acl |
| 14 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 subjugated | obj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 kingdoms | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 kingdoms | det |
| 17 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 18 potent | advmod |
| 18 | potent | potent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 kingdoms | amod |
| 19 | oriental | oriental | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 kingdoms | amod |
| 20 | kingdoms | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 several | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Arabs | punct |
| 22 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 established | aux |
| 23 | established | establish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 24 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 seat | nmod:poss |
| 25 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 established | obj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 empire | case |
| 27 | empire | empire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 seat | nmod |
| 28 | at | at | ADP | _ | 29 Damascus | case |
| 29 | Damascus | Damascus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 empire | nmod |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 where | punct |
| 31 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 39 filled | advmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 filled | punct |
| 33 | at | at | ADP | _ | 35 time | case |
| 34 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 35 time | det |
| 35 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 filled | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 time | punct |
| 37 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 filled | nsubj:pass |
| 38 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 filled | aux:pass |
| 39 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 27 empire | acl |
| 40 | by | by | ADP | _ | 42 Almanzor | case |
| 41 | Waled | wale | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 42 Almanzor | amod |
| 42 | Almanzor | Almanzor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 filled | obl |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 surnamed | punct |
| 44 | surnamed | surname | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 42 Almanzor | acl |
| 45 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 47 Sword | punct |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 Sword | det |
| 47 | Sword | Sword | PROPN | Number=Sing | 44 surnamed | obl:agent |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 God | case |
| 49 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 Sword | nmod |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 23 established | punct |
| 51 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 established | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | subjugate | gerund · perfect | the Arabs of the East not said here | several of the potent oriental kingdoms | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent several=Patient | ||||
| 2 | establish | past · perfect · passive | the Arabs of the East | Arabs's seat of empire at Damascus obj | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | fill | past · passive | Waled Almanzor | seat | time | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | |||
| 4 | wale | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | surname | participle | Waled Almanzor not said here | the Sword of God obl:agent | 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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