Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VIII., sentence 54
This artful prelate had contrived to work himself into the entire confidence of the king, and had even prevailed upon him to permit his nephews, Evan and Siseburto, the exiled sons of Witiza, to return into Spain.
What happens: contrive, work, prevail, permit, return, confide · To what, where: artful prelate, domain, entire confidence, nephews, Spain, king
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: 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 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 prelate | det |
| 2 | artful | artful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 prelate | amod |
| 3 | prelate | prelate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 contrived | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 contrived | aux |
| 5 | contrived | contrive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 work | mark |
| 7 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 contrived | xcomp |
| 8 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 7 work | obj |
| 9 | into | into | ADP | _ | 12 confidence | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 confidence | det |
| 11 | entire | entire | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 confidence | amod |
| 12 | confidence | confidence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 work | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 king | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 king | det |
| 15 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 confidence | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 prevailed | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 prevailed | cc |
| 18 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 prevailed | aux |
| 19 | even | even | ADV | _ | 20 prevailed | advmod |
| 20 | prevailed | prevail | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 contrived | conj |
| 21 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 22 him | case |
| 22 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 prevailed | obl |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 permit | mark |
| 24 | permit | permit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 prevailed | advcl |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 nephews | nmod:poss |
| 26 | nephews | nephew | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 permit | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 Evan | punct |
| 28 | Evan | Evan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 nephews | appos |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 Siseburto | cc |
| 30 | Siseburto | Siseburto | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 Evan | conj |
| 31 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 sons | punct |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 sons | det |
| 33 | exiled | exiled | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 sons | amod |
| 34 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 Evan | appos |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 Witiza | case |
| 36 | Witiza | Witiza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 sons | nmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 return | punct |
| 38 | to | to | PART | _ | 39 return | mark |
| 39 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 permit | conj |
| 40 | into | into | ADP | _ | 41 Spain | case |
| 41 | Spain | Spain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 return | obl |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 contrived | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | contrive | past · perfect · passive | this artful prelate | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | work | to-infinitive | domain | the entire confidence of the king | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent himself=Material into confidence=Product | ||||
| 3 | prevail | past · perfect | upon domain | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon he=Location | |||||
| 4 | permit | to-infinitive | domain's nephews | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nephew=Theme | |||||
| 5 | return | to-infinitive | Spain | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into spain=Initial_Location | |||||
| 6 | confide | the king | nom confidence «cognition 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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