Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter IX., sentence 34

[17] Here they again avowed their readiness to flock to his standard whenever it should be openly raised, and made known their various preparations for a rebellion.

Who acts: galleys · What happens: avow, flock, raise, make, know, prepare · To what, where: 17, readiness, known various preparations

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 (galleys), 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 17	punct
2	17	17	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 avowed	obl
3	]	]	PUNCT	_	2 17	punct
4	Here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 17	advmod
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 avowed	nsubj
6	again	again	ADV	_	7 avowed	advmod
7	avowed	avow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 readiness	nmod:poss
9	readiness	readiness	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 avowed	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 flock	mark
11	flock	flock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 avowed	advcl
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 standard	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 standard	nmod:poss
14	standard	standard	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 flock	obl
15	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	20 raised	advmod
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 raised	nsubj:pass
17	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 raised	aux
18	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	20 raised	aux:pass
19	openly	openly	ADV	_	20 raised	advmod
20	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 flock	advcl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 made	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 made	cc
23	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 avowed	conj
24	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	27 preparations	amod
25	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 preparations	nmod:poss
26	various	various	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 preparations	amod
27	preparations	preparation	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 made	obj
28	for	for	ADP	_	30 rebellion	case
29	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 rebellion	det
30	rebellion	rebellion	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 preparations	nmod
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 avowed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	avow	past	galleys = galley	17	again	galleys's readiness obj	vn declare-29.4 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent readiness=Attribute
2	flock	to-infinitive	galleys = galley not said here			to JULIAN's standard	vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	raise	should · passive		readiness		openly, whenever property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
4	make	past	galleys = galley not said here	galleys's known various preparations		for a rebellion	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent preparation=Product for rebellion=Asset
5	know	participle					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
6	prepare		galleys = galley			for a rebellion	nom preparation «act transitive»: poss=agent for=obl

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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🌲 Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter IX., sentence 34

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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter IX., sentence 34