Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VIII., sentence 66
The plot thus suggested by Count Julian received the unholy sanction of Bishop Oppas, who engaged to aid it secretly with all his influence and means: for he had great wealth and possessions, and many retainers.
Who acts: plot, unholy sanction · What happens: suggest, receive, engage, aid, mean, have · To what, where: plot, unholy sanction, sanction, great wealth, Bishop · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (plot, unholy sanction), 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 plot | det |
| 2 | plot | plot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 received | nsubj |
| 3 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 4 suggested | advmod |
| 4 | suggested | suggest | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 plot | acl |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 Julian | case |
| 6 | Count | Count | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Julian | compound |
| 7 | Julian | Julian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 suggested | obl |
| 8 | received | receive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 sanction | det |
| 10 | unholy | unholy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 sanction | amod |
| 11 | sanction | sanction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 received | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Bishop | case |
| 13 | Bishop | Bishop | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 sanction | nmod |
| 14 | Oppas | Oppas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Bishop | flat |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 engaged | punct |
| 16 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 engaged | nsubj |
| 17 | engaged | engage | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 sanction | parataxis |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 aid | mark |
| 19 | aid | aid | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 engaged | xcomp |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 aid | obj |
| 21 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 19 aid | advmod |
| 22 | with | with | ADP | _ | 25 influence | case |
| 23 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 25 influence | det:predet |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 influence | nmod:poss |
| 25 | influence | influence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 aid | obl |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 means | cc |
| 27 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 engaged | conj |
| 28 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 31 had | punct |
| 29 | for | for | ADP | _ | 31 had | case |
| 30 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 had | nsubj |
| 31 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 means | ccomp |
| 32 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 wealth | amod |
| 33 | wealth | wealth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 had | obj |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 possessions | cc |
| 35 | possessions | possession | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 wealth | conj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 retainers | punct |
| 37 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 retainers | cc |
| 38 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 retainers | amod |
| 39 | retainers | retainer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 had | obl |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 received | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suggest speech: suggest | participle | the plot not said here | by Count Julian; thus property | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | receive | past | the plot | the unholy sanction of Bishop | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sanction=Theme | ||||
| 3 | engage | past | the unholy sanction of Bishop | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | |||||
| 4 | aid | to-infinitive | the unholy sanction of Bishop not said here | sanction | with plot's influence; secretly property | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary with influence=Theme | |||
| 5 | mean | present | the unholy sanction of Bishop not said here | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 6 | have | past | plot | great wealth and possessions | many retainers obl | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wealth=Patient | |||
| 7 | sanction | Bishop | nom sanction «communication 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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