Legends of the conquest of Spain, Letter of Muza to the Caliph.—second Expedition of Taric El Tuerto., sentence 37
Be this as it may, the veteran Taric took advantage of the excitement of his soldiery, and led them forward to gain possession of a stronghold, which was, in a manner, the key to all the adjacent country.
Who acts: veteran, followers, stronghold · What happens: take, lead, gain, be, excite, possess · To what, where: advantage, followers, possession, manner, soldiery, stronghold
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 (veteran, followers, stronghold), 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 | Be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 may | cop |
| 2 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 1 Be | nsubj |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 5 may | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 may | nsubj |
| 5 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 took | aux |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 took | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 veteran | det |
| 8 | veteran | veteran | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 took | nsubj |
| 9 | Taric | Taric | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 veteran | appos |
| 10 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | advantage | advantage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 took | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 excitement | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 excitement | det |
| 14 | excitement | excitement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 advantage | nmod |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 soldiery | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 soldiery | nmod:poss |
| 17 | soldiery | soldiery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 excitement | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 led | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 led | cc |
| 20 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 took | conj |
| 21 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 led | obj |
| 22 | forward | forward | ADV | _ | 20 led | advmod |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 gain | mark |
| 24 | gain | gain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 20 led | xcomp |
| 25 | possession | possession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 gain | obj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 stronghold | case |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 stronghold | det |
| 28 | stronghold | stronghold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 possession | nmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 manner | punct |
| 30 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 35 manner | nsubj |
| 31 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 35 manner | cop |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 manner | punct |
| 33 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 manner | case |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 35 manner | det |
| 35 | manner | manner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 stronghold | appos |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 key | punct |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 key | det |
| 38 | key | key | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 manner | conj |
| 39 | to | to | ADP | _ | 43 country | case |
| 40 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 43 country | det:predet |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 country | det |
| 42 | adjacent | adjacent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 country | amod |
| 43 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 key | nmod |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 took | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | may | the veteran | advantage of the excitement of veteran's soldiery | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advantage=Theme | ||||
| 2 | lead | past | the veteran not said here | followers = follower | forward property | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Patient clause=Result | |||
| 3 | gain | to-infinitive | followers = follower not said here | possession of a stronghold | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Theme | ||||
| 4 | is | past | a stronghold | a manner and the key to all adjacent country | the key to all adjacent country conj | tree rules | |||
| 5 | excite | veteran's soldiery | nom excitement «feeling transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 6 | possess | a stronghold | nom possession «act 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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