Legends of the conquest of Spain, Letter of Muza to the Caliph.—second Expedition of Taric El Tuerto., sentence 22
Taric stood on the sea-side, and watched until the last squadron had landed; and all the horses, armour, and munitions of war, were brought on shore: he then gave orders to set fire to the ships.
Who acts: Taric, last squadron · What happens: stand, watch, land, bring, give, set · To what, where: sea side, horses, shore, orders, fire
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, last squadron), 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 stood | nsubj |
| 2 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 side | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 side | det |
| 5 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 side | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 sea | punct |
| 7 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stood | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 watched | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 watched | cc |
| 10 | watched | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 stood | parataxis |
| 11 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 16 landed | mark |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 squadron | det |
| 13 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 squadron | amod |
| 14 | squadron | squadron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 landed | nsubj |
| 15 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 landed | aux |
| 16 | landed | land | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 watched | ccomp |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 31 brought | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 brought | cc |
| 19 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 21 horses | det:predet |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 horses | det |
| 21 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 brought | nsubj:pass |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 armour | punct |
| 23 | armour | armour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 horses | conj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 munitions | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 munitions | cc |
| 26 | munitions | munition | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 horses | appos |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 war | case |
| 28 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 munitions | nmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 munitions | punct |
| 30 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 brought | aux:pass |
| 31 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 stood | conj |
| 32 | on | on | ADP | _ | 33 shore | case |
| 33 | shore | shore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 brought | obl |
| 34 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 37 gave | punct |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 gave | nsubj |
| 36 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 37 gave | advmod |
| 37 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 stood | conj |
| 38 | orders | order | NOUN | Number=Plur | 37 gave | obj |
| 39 | to | to | PART | _ | 40 set | mark |
| 40 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 gave | advcl |
| 41 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 set | obj |
| 42 | to | to | ADP | _ | 44 ships | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 ships | det |
| 44 | ships | ship | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 set | obl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 stood | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | past | Taric | the sea side | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on side=Location | ||||
| 2 | watch | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | land | past · perfect | the last squadron | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | bring | past · passive | all horses and armour | shore | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on shore=Destination | ||||
| 5 | give | past | Taric | orders | then | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme | |||
| 6 | set | to-infinitive | Taric not said here | fire | to the ships | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient fire=Result |
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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