Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VIII., sentence 65
For this purpose their own force would be sufficient; but they might procure the aid of Muza ben Nosier, the Arabian general, in Mauritania, who would no doubt gladly send a part of his troops into Spain to assist in the enterprise.
Who acts: own force, purposes · What happens: be, procure, not doubt, send, assist · To what, where: aid, part, Mauritania, enterprise
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 (own force, purposes), 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 | For | for | ADP | _ | 3 purpose | case |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 purpose | det |
| 3 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sufficient | obl |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 force | nmod:poss |
| 5 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 force | amod |
| 6 | force | force | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sufficient | nsubj |
| 7 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 sufficient | aux |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 sufficient | cop |
| 9 | sufficient | sufficient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 procure | punct |
| 11 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 procure | cc |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 procure | nsubj |
| 13 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 procure | aux |
| 14 | procure | procure | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 sufficient | parataxis |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 aid | det |
| 16 | aid | aid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 procure | obj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 Muza | case |
| 18 | Muza | Muza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 aid | nmod |
| 19 | ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Muza | flat |
| 20 | Nosier | Nosier | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 Muza | flat |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 general | punct |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 general | det |
| 23 | Arabian | Arabian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 general | amod |
| 24 | general | general | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 Muza | appos |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 Mauritania | punct |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 27 Mauritania | case |
| 27 | Mauritania | Mauritania | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 send | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 doubt | punct |
| 29 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 32 doubt | nsubj |
| 30 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 32 doubt | aux |
| 31 | no | no | ADV | _ | 32 doubt | advmod |
| 32 | doubt | doubt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 send | advcl |
| 33 | gladly | gladly | ADV | _ | 34 send | advmod |
| 34 | send | send | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 procure | conj |
| 35 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 part | det |
| 36 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 send | obj |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 troops | case |
| 38 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 troops | nmod:poss |
| 39 | troops | troops | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 36 part | nmod |
| 40 | into | into | ADP | _ | 41 Spain | case |
| 41 | Spain | Spain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 send | obl |
| 42 | to | to | PART | _ | 43 assist | mark |
| 43 | assist | assist | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 send | advcl |
| 44 | in | in | ADP | _ | 46 enterprise | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 enterprise | det |
| 46 | enterprise | enterprise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 assist | obl |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 sufficient | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | would | purposes's own force | for this purpose; sufficient property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | procure | might | purposes = purpose | the aid of Muza | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aid=Theme | ||||
| 3 | not doubt | would | who nsubj | vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | send | infinitive | purposes = purpose not said here | a part of Mauritania's troops | Mauritania | into Spain; gladly property | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent part=Theme in mauritania=Destination | ||
| 5 | assist | to-infinitive | purposes = purpose not said here | the enterprise | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
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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