Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XI., sentence 32
Scarce had the first streak of morning light trembled along the sea, however, when he summoned his principal warriors to his tent.
Who acts: Scarce · What happens: have, tremble, summon · To what, where: first streak, morning light, sea, principal warriors
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 (Scarce), 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 | Scarce | Scarce | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 streak | det |
| 4 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 streak | amod |
| 5 | streak | streak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 had | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 light | case |
| 7 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 light | compound |
| 8 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 streak | nmod |
| 9 | trembled | tremble | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 light | acl |
| 10 | along | along | ADP | _ | 12 sea | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 sea | det |
| 12 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 trembled | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 summoned | punct |
| 14 | however | however | ADV | _ | 18 summoned | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 summoned | punct |
| 16 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 18 summoned | advmod |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 summoned | nsubj |
| 18 | summoned | summon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 had | conj |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 warriors | nmod:poss |
| 20 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 warriors | amod |
| 21 | warriors | warrior | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 summoned | obj |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 tent | case |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 tent | nmod:poss |
| 24 | tent | tent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 summoned | obl |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 had | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | Scarce | the first streak of morning light | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent streak=Patient | ||||
| 2 | tremble | participle | morning light not said here | the sea | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along sea=Location | ||||
| 3 | summon | past | Scarce | Scarce's principal warriors | to Scarce's tent; however property | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warrior=Recipient |
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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