Legends of the conquest of Spain, Letter of Muza to the Caliph.—second Expedition of Taric El Tuerto., sentence 30

“Senior,” said she, “I am an ancient woman; and it is now full sixty years, past and gone, since, as I was keeping vigils one winter’s night by the fireside, I heard my father, who was an exceeding old man, read a prophecy, said to have been written by a holy friar; and this was the purport of the prophecy: that a time would arrive when our country would be invaded and conquered by a people from Africa, of a strange garb, a strange tongue, and a strange religion.

Who acts: female, presence, father, holy friar, this, time · What happens: say, be, keep, hear, exceed, read · To what, where: ancient woman, full sixty years, vigils, father, exceeding old man, prophecy · 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 (female, presence, father, holy friar), 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	_	5 said	punct
2	Senior	senior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 said	advcl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Senior	punct
4	”	"	PUNCT	_	2 Senior	punct
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 said	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 woman	punct
8	“	"	PUNCT	_	13 woman	punct
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 woman	nsubj
10	am	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 woman	cop
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 woman	det
12	ancient	ancient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 woman	amod
13	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	obl
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 years	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 years	cc
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 years	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 years	cop
18	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	21 years	advmod
19	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 years	amod
20	sixty	sixty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	21 years	nummod
21	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 said	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 past	punct
23	past	past	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 years	conj
24	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 gone	cc
25	gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 past	conj
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 since	punct
27	since	since	ADV	_	23 past	advmod
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 keeping	punct
29	as	as	SCONJ	_	32 keeping	mark
30	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	32 keeping	nsubj
31	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	32 keeping	aux
32	keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 said	advcl
33	vigils	vigil	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 keeping	obj
34	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	35 winter	nummod
35	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 night	nmod:poss
36	’s	's	PART	_	35 winter	case
37	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 keeping	obl:unmarked
38	by	by	ADP	_	40 fireside	case
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 fireside	det
40	fireside	fireside	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 keeping	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 heard	punct
42	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	43 heard	nsubj
43	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	parataxis
44	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	45 father	nmod:poss
45	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 heard	obj
46	,	,	PUNCT	_	52 man	punct
47	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	52 man	nsubj
48	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	52 man	cop
49	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	52 man	det
50	exceeding	exceed	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	52 man	amod
51	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	52 man	amod
52	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 father	conj
53	,	,	PUNCT	_	54 read	punct
54	read	read	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	43 heard	conj
55	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	56 prophecy	det
56	prophecy	prophecy	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 read	obj
57	,	,	PUNCT	_	58 said	punct
58	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	43 heard	conj
59	to	to	PART	_	62 written	mark
60	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	62 written	aux
61	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	62 written	aux:pass
62	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	58 said	ccomp
63	by	by	ADP	_	66 friar	case
64	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	66 friar	det
65	holy	holy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	66 friar	amod
66	friar	friar	NOUN	Number=Sing	62 written	obl
67	;	;	PUNCT	_	72 purport	punct
68	and	and	CCONJ	_	72 purport	cc
69	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	72 purport	nsubj
70	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	72 purport	cop
71	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	72 purport	det
72	purport	purport	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	parataxis
73	of	of	ADP	_	75 prophecy	case
74	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	75 prophecy	det
75	prophecy	prophecy	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 purport	nmod
76	:	:	PUNCT	_	81 arrive	punct
77	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	79 time	det
78	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	79 time	det
79	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	81 arrive	nsubj
80	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	81 arrive	aux
81	arrive	arrive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	72 purport	parataxis
82	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	87 invaded	advmod
83	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	84 country	nmod:poss
84	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	87 invaded	nsubj:pass
85	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	87 invaded	aux
86	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	87 invaded	aux:pass
87	invaded	invade	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	81 arrive	advcl
88	and	and	CCONJ	_	89 conquered	cc
89	conquered	conquer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	87 invaded	conj
90	by	by	ADP	_	92 people	case
91	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	92 people	det
92	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	87 invaded	obl:agent
93	from	from	ADP	_	94 Africa	case
94	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	92 people	nmod
95	,	,	PUNCT	_	99 garb	punct
96	of	of	ADP	_	99 garb	case
97	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	99 garb	det
98	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	99 garb	amod
99	garb	garb	NOUN	Number=Sing	87 invaded	obl
100	,	,	PUNCT	_	103 tongue	punct
101	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	103 tongue	det
102	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	103 tongue	amod
103	tongue	tongue	NOUN	Number=Sing	99 garb	conj
104	,	,	PUNCT	_	108 religion	punct
105	and	and	CCONJ	_	108 religion	cc
106	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	108 religion	det
107	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	108 religion	amod
108	religion	religion	NOUN	Number=Sing	72 purport	conj
109	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	female				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is a in a quote	present	female	a ancient woman			tree rules
3	is a in a quote	present	presence	full sixty years	now		tree rules
4	be in a quote		presence not said here			since property	tree rules
5	keep in a quote	past · progressive	female	vigils	night	by the fireside	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent vigil=Theme by fireside=Location
6	hear in a quote	past	female	my father and a exceeding old man			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer father=Stimulus
7	exceed in a quote	gerund					vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
8	is a in a quote	past	my father and a exceeding old man	a exceeding old man			tree rules
9	read in a quote	infinitive	female not said here	a prophecy			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prophecy=Topic
10	say speech: assert in a quote	past	female not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
11	write in a quote	to-infinitive · perfect · passive	a holy friar				vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
12	is a in a quote	past	this	the purport and a strange religion		of the prophecy; a strange religion conj	tree rules
13	arrive in a quote	would	that time				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
14	invade in a quote	would · passive	a people from Africa	our country		of a strange garb and a strange tongue	tree rules
15	conquer in a quote	participle	a people from Africa not said here				vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: 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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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Letter of Muza to the Caliph.—second Expedition of Taric El Tuerto., sentence 30