Legends of the conquest of Spain, Letter of Muza to the Caliph.—second Expedition of Taric El Tuerto., sentence 28
While Taric was yet talking with his followers, says one of the ancient chroniclers, a Christian female was described, waving a white pennon on a reed, in signal of peace.
Who acts: Taric · What happens: talk, say, describe, wave, signal · To what, where: one, Christian female, white pennon, reed, peace · 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), 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 | While | while | SCONJ | _ | 5 talking | mark |
| 2 | Taric | Taric | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 talking | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 talking | aux |
| 4 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 5 talking | advmod |
| 5 | talking | talk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 says | advcl |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 followers | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 followers | nmod:poss |
| 8 | followers | follower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 talking | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 talking | punct |
| 10 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 says | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 chroniclers | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 chroniclers | det |
| 14 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 chroniclers | amod |
| 15 | chroniclers | chronicler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 one | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 described | punct |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 female | det |
| 18 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 female | amod |
| 19 | female | female | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 described | nsubj:pass |
| 20 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 described | aux:pass |
| 21 | described | describe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 says | parataxis |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 waving | punct |
| 23 | waving | wave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 21 described | advcl |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 pennon | det |
| 25 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 pennon | amod |
| 26 | pennon | pennon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 waving | obj |
| 27 | on | on | ADP | _ | 29 reed | case |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 reed | det |
| 29 | reed | reed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 waving | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 signal | punct |
| 31 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 signal | case |
| 32 | signal | signal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 waving | obl |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 peace | case |
| 34 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 signal | nmod |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 says | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talk | past · progressive | Taric | yet | with Taric's followers | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with follower=Co-Agent | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | one of the ancient chroniclers | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent one=Topic | |||||
| 3 | describe | past · passive | a Christian female | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 4 | wave | gerund | a white pennon | a reed | in signal of peace | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent pennon=Patient in signal=Theme | |||
| 5 | signal | peace | nom signal «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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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