Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter IX., sentence 7
The greater part of the army, however, was composed of Arabs; but differing greatly from the first rude hordes that enlisted under the banner of Mahomet.
Who acts: first rude hordes · What happens: compose, differ, enlist · To what, where: greater part, banner
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 rude hordes), 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 | 3 part | det |
| 2 | greater | great | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 part | amod |
| 3 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 composed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 army | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 army | det |
| 6 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 part | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 part | punct |
| 8 | however | however | ADV | _ | 11 composed | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 however | punct |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 composed | aux:pass |
| 11 | composed | compose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Arabs | case |
| 13 | Arabs | Arab | PROPN | Number=Plur | 11 composed | obl |
| 14 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 15 but | punct |
| 15 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 composed | obl:agent |
| 16 | differing | differ | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 15 but | acl |
| 17 | greatly | greatly | ADV | _ | 16 differing | advmod |
| 18 | from | from | ADP | _ | 22 hordes | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 hordes | det |
| 20 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 22 hordes | amod |
| 21 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 hordes | amod |
| 22 | hordes | horde | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 differing | obl |
| 23 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 24 enlisted | nsubj |
| 24 | enlisted | enlist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 hordes | acl:relcl |
| 25 | under | under | ADP | _ | 27 banner | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 banner | det |
| 27 | banner | banner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 enlisted | obl |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 Mahomet | case |
| 29 | Mahomet | Mahomet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 banner | nmod |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 composed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | compose | past · passive | the greater part of the army | of Arabs; however property | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Result | ||||
| 2 | differ | gerund | from the first rude hordes; greatly property | vn differ-23.4 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme from horde=Co-Theme | |||||
| 3 | enlist | past | the first rude hordes | the banner of Mahomet | vn volunteer-95.4-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: 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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