Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter IX., sentence 2
When Count Julian had placed his family in security in Ceuta, surrounded by soldiery devoted to his fortunes, he took with him a few confidential followers, and departed in secret for the camp of the Arabian Emir, Muza ben Nosier.
Who acts: JULIAN · What happens: count, place, surround, devote, take, depart · To what, where: Julian, security, soldiery, fortunes, few confidential followers, secret
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter IX.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (JULIAN), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 Count | advmod |
| 2 | Count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 placed | advcl |
| 3 | Julian | Julian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 placed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 placed | aux |
| 5 | placed | place | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 family | nmod:poss |
| 7 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 placed | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 security | case |
| 9 | security | security | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 placed | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 Ceuta | case |
| 11 | Ceuta | Ceuta | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 security | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 surrounded | punct |
| 13 | surrounded | surround | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 security | acl |
| 14 | by | by | ADP | _ | 15 soldiery | case |
| 15 | soldiery | soldiery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 surrounded | obl:agent |
| 16 | devoted | devote | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 soldiery | acl |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 fortunes | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 fortunes | nmod:poss |
| 19 | fortunes | fortune | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 devoted | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 took | punct |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 took | nsubj |
| 22 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 placed | parataxis |
| 23 | with | with | ADP | _ | 24 him | case |
| 24 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 took | obl |
| 25 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 followers | det |
| 26 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 followers | amod |
| 27 | confidential | confidential | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 followers | amod |
| 28 | followers | follower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 took | obj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 departed | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 departed | cc |
| 31 | departed | depart | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 took | conj |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 33 secret | case |
| 33 | secret | secret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 departed | obl |
| 34 | for | for | ADP | _ | 36 camp | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 camp | det |
| 36 | camp | camp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 departed | obl |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 Emir | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 Emir | det |
| 39 | Arabian | Arabian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 Emir | amod |
| 40 | Emir | Emir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 camp | nmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 ben | punct |
| 42 | Muza | Muza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 ben | compound |
| 43 | ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 Emir | conj |
| 44 | Nosier | Nosier | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 ben | flat |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 placed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | infinitive | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ||||||
| 2 | place | past · perfect · passive | Julian | security in Ceuta | JULIAN's family obj | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme family=Destination | |||
| 3 | surround | participle | security in Ceuta not said here | soldiery obl:agent | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | devote | participle | soldiery not said here | to JULIAN's fortunes goal | vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent to fortune=Goal | ||||
| 5 | take | past | JULIAN | a few confidential followers | with Ceuta | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent follower=Theme | |||
| 6 | depart | participle | JULIAN not said here | secret | for the camp of the Arabian Emir and Muza ben | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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