Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XI., sentence 20
“As to you, Don Greybeard,” said he, “you who turn apostate in your declining age, I here pronounce you a traitor to your God, your king, and country; and stand ready to prove it this instant upon your body, if field be granted me.”
Who acts: eye, you · What happens: say, turn, decline, pronounce, stand, prove · To what, where: apostate, you, God, field · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (eye, you), 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 | _ | 10 said | punct |
| 2 | As | as | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 4 you | case |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 2 As | fixed |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 said | ccomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Don | punct |
| 6 | Don | Don | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 you | conj |
| 7 | Greybeard | Greybeard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Don | flat |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 you | punct |
| 9 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 you | punct |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 said | nsubj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 turn | punct |
| 13 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 turn | punct |
| 14 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 16 turn | nsubj |
| 15 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 turn | nsubj |
| 16 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 said | conj |
| 17 | apostate | apostate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 turn | obj |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 age | case |
| 19 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 age | nmod:poss |
| 20 | declining | decline | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 21 age | amod |
| 21 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 turn | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 pronounce | punct |
| 23 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 25 pronounce | nsubj |
| 24 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 25 pronounce | advmod |
| 25 | pronounce | pronounce | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 said | ccomp |
| 26 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 25 pronounce | obj |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 traitor | det |
| 28 | traitor | traitor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 pronounce | obj |
| 29 | to | to | ADP | _ | 31 God | case |
| 30 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 31 God | nmod:poss |
| 31 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 pronounce | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 king | punct |
| 33 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 king | nmod:poss |
| 34 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 God | appos |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 country | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 country | cc |
| 37 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 king | conj |
| 38 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 stand | punct |
| 39 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 stand | cc |
| 40 | stand | stand | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 25 pronounce | conj |
| 41 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 stand | xcomp |
| 42 | to | to | PART | _ | 43 prove | mark |
| 43 | prove | prove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 41 ready | xcomp |
| 44 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 prove | obj |
| 45 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 46 instant | nsubj |
| 46 | instant | instant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 prove | ccomp |
| 47 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 49 body | case |
| 48 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 body | nmod:poss |
| 49 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 instant | obl |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 granted | punct |
| 51 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 54 granted | mark |
| 52 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 54 granted | nsubj:pass |
| 53 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 54 granted | aux:pass |
| 54 | granted | grant | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 40 stand | advcl |
| 55 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 54 granted | obj |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
| 57 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | eye | you ccomp | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | turn in a quote | present | you | apostate | in your declining age | who nsubj | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent apostate=Patient in age=Topic | ||
| 3 | decline in a quote | gerund | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||||
| 4 | pronounce in a quote | present | eye | you | your God | here | a traitor obj | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme traitor=Result | |
| 5 | stand in a quote | infinitive | eye not said here | ready property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | prove in a quote | to-infinitive | eye not said here | apostate | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 7 | grant a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | infinitive · passive | field | me obj | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal i=Theme |
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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