Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XI., sentence 41
“Such,” say the Spanish chroniclers, “was another of the arts by which this arch son of Ishmael sought to animate the hearts of his followers;” and the pretended vision had been recorded by the Arabian writers as a veritable occurrence.
Who acts: Spanish chroniclers, arch son, Arabian writers · What happens: say, seek, animate, pretend, record · To what, where: hearts, pretended vision · 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 (Spanish chroniclers, arch son, Arabian writers), 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 | _ | 5 say | punct |
| 2 | Such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP | 5 say | advcl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Such | punct |
| 4 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 chroniclers | det |
| 7 | Spanish | Spanish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 chroniclers | amod |
| 8 | chroniclers | chronicler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 say | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 another | punct |
| 10 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 another | punct |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 another | cop |
| 12 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 say | parataxis |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 arts | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 arts | det |
| 15 | arts | art | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 another | nmod |
| 16 | by | by | ADP | _ | 17 which | case |
| 17 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 sought | obl |
| 18 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 20 son | det |
| 19 | arch | arch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 son | compound |
| 20 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 sought | nsubj |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 Ishmael | case |
| 22 | Ishmael | Ishmael | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 son | nmod |
| 23 | sought | seek | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 arts | acl:relcl |
| 24 | to | to | PART | _ | 25 animate | mark |
| 25 | animate | animate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 sought | xcomp |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 hearts | det |
| 27 | hearts | heart | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 animate | obj |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 followers | case |
| 29 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 followers | nmod:poss |
| 30 | followers | follower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 hearts | nmod |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| 32 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 recorded | cc |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 vision | det |
| 35 | pretended | pretend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 vision | amod |
| 36 | vision | vision | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 recorded | nsubj:pass |
| 37 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 recorded | aux |
| 38 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 39 recorded | aux:pass |
| 39 | recorded | record | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 say | conj |
| 40 | by | by | ADP | _ | 43 writers | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 writers | det |
| 42 | Arabian | Arabian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 writers | amod |
| 43 | writers | writer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 recorded | obl:agent |
| 44 | as | as | ADP | _ | 47 occurrence | case |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 occurrence | det |
| 46 | veritable | veritable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 occurrence | amod |
| 47 | occurrence | occurrence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 recorded | obl |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | the Spanish chroniclers | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | seek in a quote | past | this arch son of Ishmael | by the arts | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | animate not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | this arch son of Ishmael not said here | the hearts of Ishmael's followers | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent heart=Patient | ||||
| 4 | pretend | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | record | past · perfect · passive | the Arabian writers | the pretended vision | as a veritable occurrence | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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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