Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VIII., sentence 59
He represented to them that Roderick was their legitimate enemy; that he had dethroned Witiza, their relation, and had now stained the honour of one of the most illustrious daughters of their line.
Who acts: JULIAN, Roderick · What happens: represent, be, dethrone, stain · To what, where: appellation, legitimate enemy, Witiza, honour
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 (JULIAN, Roderick), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 represented | nsubj |
| 2 | represented | represent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 them | case |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 represented | obl |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 10 enemy | mark |
| 6 | Roderick | Roderick | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 enemy | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 enemy | cop |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 enemy | nmod:poss |
| 9 | legitimate | legitimate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 enemy | amod |
| 10 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 represented | advcl |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 15 dethroned | punct |
| 12 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 15 dethroned | mark |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 dethroned | nsubj |
| 14 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 dethroned | aux |
| 15 | dethroned | dethrone | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 represented | parataxis |
| 16 | Witiza | Witiza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 dethroned | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 relation | punct |
| 18 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 relation | nmod:poss |
| 19 | relation | relation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 Witiza | appos |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 stained | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 stained | cc |
| 22 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 stained | aux |
| 23 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 24 stained | advmod |
| 24 | stained | stain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 15 dethroned | conj |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 honour | det |
| 26 | honour | honour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 stained | obj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 one | case |
| 28 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 26 honour | nmod |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 daughters | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 daughters | det |
| 31 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 32 illustrious | advmod |
| 32 | illustrious | illustrious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 daughters | amod |
| 33 | daughters | daughter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 one | nmod |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 line | case |
| 35 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 line | nmod:poss |
| 36 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 daughters | nmod |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 represented | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | represent | past | JULIAN | appellation | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot to they=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | Roderick | appellation's legitimate enemy | appellation nmod:poss | tree rules | |||
| 3 | dethrone | past · perfect | JULIAN | Witiza | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | stain | past · perfect | JULIAN not said here | the honour of one of the illustrious daughters of appellation's line | now | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent honour=Destination |
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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