Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XI., sentence 14
He delivered, in round terms, the message of the Prince Ataulpho; upbraiding the Arab general with his wanton invasion of the land, and summoning him to surrender his army, or to expect no mercy.
Who acts: Theodomir · What happens: deliver, upbraid, summon, surrender, expect, invade · To what, where: round terms, Arab general, Theodomir, army, mercy, land
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter XI.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Theodomir), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 delivered | nsubj |
| 2 | delivered | deliver | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 terms | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 terms | case |
| 5 | round | round | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 terms | amod |
| 6 | terms | term | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 delivered | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 message | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 message | det |
| 9 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 terms | nmod |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Ataulpho | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Ataulpho | det |
| 12 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 Ataulpho | nmod:desc |
| 13 | Ataulpho | Ataulpho | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 message | nmod |
| 14 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 15 upbraiding | punct |
| 15 | upbraiding | upbraid | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 delivered | advcl |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 general | det |
| 17 | Arab | Arab | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 general | amod |
| 18 | general | general | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 upbraiding | obj |
| 19 | with | with | ADP | _ | 22 invasion | case |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 invasion | nmod:poss |
| 21 | wanton | wanton | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 invasion | compound |
| 22 | invasion | invasion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 upbraiding | obl |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 land | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 land | det |
| 25 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 invasion | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 summoning | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 summoning | cc |
| 28 | summoning | summon | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 upbraiding | conj |
| 29 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 summoning | obj |
| 30 | to | to | PART | _ | 31 surrender | mark |
| 31 | surrender | surrender | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 summoning | advcl |
| 32 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 army | nmod:poss |
| 33 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 surrender | obj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 expect | punct |
| 35 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 37 expect | cc |
| 36 | to | to | PART | _ | 37 expect | mark |
| 37 | expect | expect | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 delivered | parataxis |
| 38 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 39 mercy | det |
| 39 | mercy | mercy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 expect | obj |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 delivered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deliver | past | Theodomir | round terms the message of the Ataulpho Prince | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | upbraid | gerund | Theodomir not said here | the Arab general | with Theodomir's wanton invasion of the land | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent general=Theme | |||
| 3 | summon | gerund | Theodomir not said here | Theodomir | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | surrender | to-infinitive | Theodomir not said here | Theodomir's army | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent army=Theme | ||||
| 5 | expect | to-infinitive | no mercy | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mercy=Theme | |||||
| 6 | invade | Theodomir | the land | nom invasion «act transitive»: poss=agent 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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