Legends of the conquest of Spain, Letter of Muza to the Caliph.—second Expedition of Taric El Tuerto., sentence 31

They were to be led by a strong and valiant captain, who would be known by these signs: on his right shoulder he would have a hairy mole, and his right arm would be much longer than the left; and of such length as to enable him to cover his knee with his hand without bending his body.”

Who acts: strong captain, signs, country, right arm · What happens: lead, know, have, be, enable, cover · To what, where: father, strong captain, hairy mole, right shoulder, country, knee

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 (strong captain, signs, country, right arm), 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	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 led	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 led	aux:pass
3	to	to	PART	_	5 led	mark
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 led	aux:pass
5	led	lead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	11 captain	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 captain	det
8	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 captain	amod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 valiant	cc
10	valiant	valiant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 strong	conj
11	captain	captain	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 led	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 known	punct
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 known	nsubj:pass
14	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 known	aux
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 known	aux:pass
16	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 captain	parataxis
17	by	by	ADP	_	19 signs	case
18	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	19 signs	det
19	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 known	obl
20	:	:	PUNCT	_	27 have	punct
21	on	on	ADP	_	24 shoulder	case
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 shoulder	nmod:poss
23	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 shoulder	amod
24	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 have	obl
25	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 have	nsubj
26	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	27 have	aux
27	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 known	conj
28	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 mole	det
29	hairy	hairy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 mole	amod
30	mole	mole	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 have	obj
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	42 left	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	42 left	cc
33	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	35 arm	nmod:poss
34	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 arm	amod
35	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 left	nsubj
36	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	42 left	aux
37	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	42 left	cop
38	much	much	ADV	_	39 longer	advmod
39	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	42 left	advmod
40	than	than	ADP	_	42 left	case
41	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 left	det
42	left	left	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 have	obl
43	;	;	PUNCT	_	47 length	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 length	cc
45	of	of	ADP	_	47 length	case
46	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 length	amod
47	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 led	parataxis
48	as	as	SCONJ	_	50 enable	mark
49	to	to	PART	_	50 enable	mark
50	enable	enable	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	47 length	advcl
51	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 enable	obj
52	to	to	PART	_	53 cover	mark
53	cover	cover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	50 enable	xcomp
54	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	55 knee	nmod:poss
55	knee	knee	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 cover	obj
56	with	with	ADP	_	58 hand	case
57	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	58 hand	nmod:poss
58	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 cover	obl
59	without	without	SCONJ	_	60 bending	mark
60	bending	bend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	53 cover	advcl
61	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	62 body	nmod:poss
62	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 bending	obj
63	.	.	PUNCT	_	47 length	punct
64	”	"	PUNCT	_	47 length	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	lead	past · passive	a strong captain	father		such length parataxis	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	know	would · passive	this signs	a strong captain			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus
3	have	would	country	a hairy mole	country's right shoulder		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mole=Patient
4	is	would	country's right arm			than the left; long property	tree rules
5	enable	to-infinitive	a strong captain not said here	country			tree rules
6	cover	to-infinitive	country not said here	country's knee		with country's hand	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent knee=Destination with hand=Theme
7	bend	gerund	country not said here	country's body			vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent body=Material

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 31