Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter IX., sentence 29
[16] This first expedition of the Arabs against Spain took place, according to certain historians, in the year of our Lord seven hundred and twelve; though others differ on this point, as indeed they do upon almost every point in this early period of Spanish history.
Who acts: first expedition, others · What happens: take, accord, differ, do · To what, where: 16
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 (first expedition, others), 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 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 2 16 | punct |
| 2 | 16 | 16 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 took | obl |
| 3 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 2 16 | punct |
| 4 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 expedition | det |
| 5 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 expedition | amod |
| 6 | expedition | expedition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 took | nsubj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 Arabs | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Arabs | det |
| 9 | Arabs | Arab | PROPN | Number=Plur | 6 expedition | nmod |
| 10 | against | against | ADP | _ | 11 Spain | case |
| 11 | Spain | Spain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Arabs | nmod |
| 12 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 took | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 historians | punct |
| 15 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 18 historians | case |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 according | fixed |
| 17 | certain | certain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 historians | amod |
| 18 | historians | historian | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 place | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 year | punct |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 year | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 year | det |
| 22 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 took | obl |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 Lord | case |
| 24 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 Lord | nmod:poss |
| 25 | Lord | Lord | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 year | nmod |
| 26 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 27 hundred | compound |
| 27 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 25 Lord | nmod |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 twelve | cc |
| 29 | twelve | twelve | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 27 hundred | conj |
| 30 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 33 differ | punct |
| 31 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 33 differ | mark |
| 32 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 differ | nsubj |
| 33 | differ | differ | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 took | parataxis |
| 34 | on | on | ADP | _ | 36 point | case |
| 35 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 36 point | det |
| 36 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 differ | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 do | punct |
| 38 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 41 do | mark |
| 39 | indeed | indeed | ADV | _ | 41 do | advmod |
| 40 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 do | nsubj |
| 41 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 33 differ | conj |
| 42 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 45 point | case |
| 43 | almost | almost | ADV | _ | 45 point | advmod |
| 44 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 45 point | det |
| 45 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 do | obl |
| 46 | in | in | ADP | _ | 49 period | case |
| 47 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 49 period | det |
| 48 | early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 period | amod |
| 49 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 point | nmod |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 history | case |
| 51 | Spanish | Spanish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 52 history | amod |
| 52 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 period | nmod |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | this first expedition of the Arabs against Spain | 16 | year | place and certain historians obj | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | ||
| 2 | accord | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | differ | present | others | on this point | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on point=Topic | ||||
| 4 | do | present | others = other | upon every point in this early period of Spanish history; indeed property | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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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