Legends of the conquest of Spain, Battle of Calpe.—fate of Ataulpho., sentence 10
The Gothic nobles were easily to be distinguished by the splendour of their arms; but the Prince Ataulpho was conspicuous above all the rest for the youthful grace and majesty of his appearance, and the bravery of his array.
Who acts: splendour, Ataulpho · What happens: distinguish, be · To what, where: Gothic nobles, rest
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Battle of Calpe.—fate of Ataulpho.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (splendour, Ataulpho), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 nobles | det |
| 2 | Gothic | gothic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 nobles | amod |
| 3 | nobles | noble | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 distinguished | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 distinguished | aux:pass |
| 5 | easily | easily | ADV | _ | 8 distinguished | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 distinguished | mark |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 distinguished | aux:pass |
| 8 | distinguished | distinguish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 splendour | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 splendour | det |
| 11 | splendour | splendour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 distinguished | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 arms | case |
| 13 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 arms | nmod:poss |
| 14 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 splendour | nmod |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 conspicuous | punct |
| 16 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 21 conspicuous | cc |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 Ataulpho | det |
| 18 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Ataulpho | nmod:desc |
| 19 | Ataulpho | Ataulpho | PROPN | Number=Sing | 21 conspicuous | nsubj |
| 20 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 conspicuous | cop |
| 21 | conspicuous | conspicuous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 distinguished | conj |
| 22 | above | above | ADP | _ | 25 rest | case |
| 23 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 25 rest | det:predet |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 rest | det |
| 25 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 conspicuous | obl |
| 26 | for | for | ADP | _ | 29 grace | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 grace | det |
| 28 | youthful | youthful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 grace | amod |
| 29 | grace | grace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 rest | nmod |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 majesty | cc |
| 31 | majesty | majesty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 grace | conj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 appearance | case |
| 33 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 appearance | nmod:poss |
| 34 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 majesty | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 bravery | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 bravery | cc |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 bravery | det |
| 38 | bravery | bravery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 conspicuous | conj |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 array | case |
| 40 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 array | nmod:poss |
| 41 | array | array | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 bravery | nmod |
| 42 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 distinguished | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | distinguish | past · passive | the splendour of nobles's arms | the Gothic nobles | easily property | vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Attribute subject=Theme | |||
| 2 | is | past | the Ataulpho Prince | all rest for the youthful grace and majesty of Ataulpho's appearance | the bravery of Ataulpho's array conj; conspicuous property | tree rules |
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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