Legends of the conquest of Spain, Letter of Muza to the Caliph.—second Expedition of Taric El Tuerto., sentence 19

Taric accepted the command with joy: his martial fire was roused at the idea of having such an army under his sole command, and such a country to overrun; and he secretly determined never to return unless victorious.

Who acts: Taric, idea · What happens: accept, rouse, have, overrun, determine, not return · To what, where: command, martial fire, idea, army, sole command · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Letter of Muza to the Caliph.—second Expedition of Taric El Tuerto.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Taric, idea), 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	Taric	Taric	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 accepted	nsubj
2	accepted	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 command	det
4	command	command	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accepted	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 joy	case
6	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accepted	obl
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 roused	punct
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 fire	nmod:poss
9	martial	martial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 fire	amod
10	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 roused	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 roused	aux:pass
12	roused	rouse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 accepted	parataxis
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 idea	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 idea	det
15	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 roused	obl
16	of	of	SCONJ	_	17 having	mark
17	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 idea	acl
18	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	20 army	det:predet
19	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 army	det
20	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 having	obj
21	under	under	ADP	_	24 command	case
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 command	nmod:poss
23	sole	sole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 command	amod
24	command	command	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 having	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	29 country	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 country	cc
27	such	such	DET	PronType=Ind	29 country	det:predet
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	29 country	det
29	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 roused	conj
30	to	to	PART	_	31 overrun	mark
31	overrun	overrun	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	29 country	acl
32	;	;	PUNCT	_	36 determined	punct
33	and	and	CCONJ	_	36 determined	cc
34	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	36 determined	nsubj
35	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	36 determined	advmod
36	determined	determine	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 accepted	conj
37	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	39 return	advmod
38	to	to	PART	_	39 return	mark
39	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	36 determined	xcomp
40	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	41 victorious	case
41	victorious	victorious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	39 return	obl
42	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 accepted	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	accept	past	Taric	the command		with joy	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Theme
2	rouse	past · passive		Taric's martial fire	the idea	such country conj	vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	have	gerund	the idea not said here	such army	Taric's sole command		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Patient
4	overrun	to-infinitive					tree rules
5	determine	past	Taric			secretly property	vn discover-84 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
6	not return	to-infinitive	Taric not said here			unless victorious	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	fire		Taric				nom fire «event transitive»: poss=agent
8	command		Taric				nom command «communication transitive»: poss=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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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Letter of Muza to the Caliph.—second Expedition of Taric El Tuerto., sentence 19