Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XI., sentence 7
This army Don Roderick put under the command of his kinsman Ataulpho, a prince of the royal blood of the Goths, and of a noble and generous nature; and he ordered him to march with all speed to meet the foe, and to recruit his forces on the way with the troops of Theodomir.
Who acts: army · What happens: put, order, march, meet, recruit, command · To what, where: command, ATAULPHO, foe, forces, way, kinsman · 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 (army), 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 | This | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 army | det |
| 2 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 put | nsubj |
| 3 | Don | Don | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 army | appos |
| 4 | Roderick | Roderick | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Don | flat |
| 5 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | under | under | ADP | _ | 8 command | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 command | det |
| 8 | command | command | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 put | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 kinsman | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 kinsman | nmod:poss |
| 11 | kinsman | kinsman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 command | nmod |
| 12 | Ataulpho | Ataulpho | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 kinsman | appos |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 prince | punct |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 prince | det |
| 15 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 Ataulpho | appos |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 blood | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 blood | det |
| 18 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 blood | amod |
| 19 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 prince | nmod |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 Goths | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 Goths | det |
| 22 | Goths | Goth | PROPN | Number=Plur | 19 blood | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 nature | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 nature | cc |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 nature | case |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 nature | det |
| 27 | noble | noble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 nature | amod |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 generous | cc |
| 29 | generous | generous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 noble | conj |
| 30 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 put | obl |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 34 ordered | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 ordered | cc |
| 33 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 ordered | nsubj |
| 34 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 put | parataxis |
| 35 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 ordered | obj |
| 36 | to | to | PART | _ | 37 march | mark |
| 37 | march | march | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 34 ordered | xcomp |
| 38 | with | with | ADP | _ | 40 speed | case |
| 39 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 40 speed | det |
| 40 | speed | speed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 march | obl |
| 41 | to | to | PART | _ | 42 meet | mark |
| 42 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 37 march | advcl |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 foe | det |
| 44 | foe | foe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 meet | obj |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 recruit | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 48 recruit | cc |
| 47 | to | to | PART | _ | 48 recruit | mark |
| 48 | recruit | recruit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 put | advcl |
| 49 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 forces | nmod:poss |
| 50 | forces | force | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 recruit | obj |
| 51 | on | on | ADP | _ | 53 way | case |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 way | det |
| 53 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 recruit | obl |
| 54 | with | with | ADP | _ | 56 troops | case |
| 55 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 56 troops | det |
| 56 | troops | troops | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 53 way | nmod |
| 57 | of | of | ADP | _ | 58 Theodomir | case |
| 58 | Theodomir | Theodomir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 56 troops | nmod |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 put | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | past | this army | the command of army's kinsman | of a noble nature | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent under command=Destination | |||
| 2 | order | past | army | ATAULPHO | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | march not said to happen | to-infinitive | army not said here | with all speed | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | meet | to-infinitive | army not said here | the foe | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foe=Co-Agent | ||||
| 5 | recruit | to-infinitive | this army not said here | army's forces | the way with the troops of Theodomir | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent force=Theme | |||
| 6 | command | army's kinsman | nom command «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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