Legends of the conquest of Spain, Letter of Muza to the Caliph.—second Expedition of Taric El Tuerto., sentence 42
The name of this Christian cavalier was Theodomir, but he has universally been called Tadmir by the Arabian historians; and is renowned as being the first commander that made any stand against the inroad of the Moslems.
Who acts: name, Arabian historians, Theodomir, first commander · What happens: be, call, make, name · To what, where: Theodomir, stand, Christian cavalier · 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 (name, Arabian historians, Theodomir, first commander), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 name | det |
| 2 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Theodomir | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 cavalier | case |
| 4 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 cavalier | det |
| 5 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 cavalier | amod |
| 6 | cavalier | cavalier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 name | nmod |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 Theodomir | cop |
| 8 | Theodomir | Theodomir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 renowned | nsubj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 called | punct |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 15 called | cc |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 called | nsubj |
| 12 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 called | aux |
| 13 | universally | universally | ADV | _ | 15 called | advmod |
| 14 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 15 called | aux:pass |
| 15 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 Theodomir | acl |
| 16 | Tadmir | Tadmir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 called | xcomp |
| 17 | by | by | ADP | _ | 20 historians | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 historians | det |
| 19 | Arabian | Arabian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 historians | amod |
| 20 | historians | historian | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 called | obl |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 renowned | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 renowned | cc |
| 23 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 renowned | cop |
| 24 | renowned | renowned | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 25 | as | as | ADP | _ | 29 commander | case |
| 26 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 29 commander | cop |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 commander | det |
| 28 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 29 commander | amod |
| 29 | commander | commander | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 renowned | obl |
| 30 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 31 made | nsubj |
| 31 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 commander | acl:relcl |
| 32 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 33 stand | det |
| 33 | stand | stand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 made | obj |
| 34 | against | against | ADP | _ | 36 inroad | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 inroad | det |
| 36 | inroad | inroad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 made | obl |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 Moslems | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 Moslems | det |
| 39 | Moslems | Moslem | PROPN | Number=Plur | 36 inroad | nmod |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 24 renowned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the name of this Christian cavalier | Theodomir | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | call | present · perfect · passive | the Arabian historians | Theodomir | Tadmir xcomp; universally property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient | |||
| 3 | is | present | Theodomir | renowned property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | is | gerund | as the first commander | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | make | past | the first commander | any stand | against the inroad of the Moslems | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset stand=Product | |||
| 6 | name | this Christian cavalier | nom name «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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