Legends of the conquest of Spain, Opening, sentence 23
All the facts herein contained, however extravagant some of them may be deemed, will be found in the works of sage and reverend chroniclers of yore, growing side by side with long acknowledged truths, and might be supported by learned and imposing references in the margin.
Who acts: sage · What happens: contain, deem, find, grow, acknowledge, support · To what, where: facts, some, works, side, margin
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Opening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sage), 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 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 facts | det:predet |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 facts | det |
| 3 | facts | fact | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 contained | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | herein | herein | ADV | _ | 5 contained | advmod |
| 5 | contained | contain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 extravagant | punct |
| 7 | however | however | ADV | _ | 8 extravagant | advmod |
| 8 | extravagant | extravagant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 contained | conj |
| 9 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 14 deemed | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 them | case |
| 11 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 some | nmod |
| 12 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 deemed | aux |
| 13 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 14 deemed | aux:pass |
| 14 | deemed | deem | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 extravagant | parataxis |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 found | punct |
| 16 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 found | aux |
| 17 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 18 found | aux:pass |
| 18 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 contained | parataxis |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 works | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 works | det |
| 21 | works | work | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 found | obl |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 sage | case |
| 23 | sage | sage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 works | nmod |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 chroniclers | cc |
| 25 | reverend | reverend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 chroniclers | compound |
| 26 | chroniclers | chronicler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 sage | conj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 yore | case |
| 28 | yore | yore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 chroniclers | nmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 growing | punct |
| 30 | growing | grow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 18 found | parataxis |
| 31 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 growing | obj |
| 32 | by | by | ADP | _ | 33 side | case |
| 33 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 growing | obl |
| 34 | with | with | ADP | _ | 37 truths | case |
| 35 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 truths | amod |
| 36 | acknowledged | acknowledge | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 37 truths | amod |
| 37 | truths | truth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 growing | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 supported | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 supported | cc |
| 40 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 42 supported | aux |
| 41 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 42 supported | aux:pass |
| 42 | supported | support | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 contained | conj |
| 43 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 44 learned | mark |
| 44 | learned | learn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 42 supported | advcl |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 references | cc |
| 46 | imposing | imposing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 references | amod |
| 47 | references | reference | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 learned | conj |
| 48 | in | in | ADP | _ | 50 margin | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 margin | det |
| 50 | margin | margin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 learned | obl |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 contained | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | contain | participle · passive | all facts | herein property | vn comprise-107.2-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | deem | may · passive | some of LEGENDS | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Attribute | |||||
| 3 | find | future · passive | the works of sage and reverend chroniclers of yore | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF» | |||||
| 4 | grow | gerund | side | by side; with long acknowledged truths | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent side=Patient with truth=Instrument | ||||
| 5 | acknowledge | participle | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 6 | support | might · passive | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S» | ||||||
| 7 | learn | participle | the margin | imposing references conj | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 8 | work | sage and reverend chroniclers of yore | nom work «act intransitive»: of=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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