Legends of the conquest of Spain, Battle of Calpe.—fate of Ataulpho., sentence 25

In the midst of his career he was espied by the hardy Theodomir, who came spurring to the encounter: “Traitor,” cried he, “I have kept my vow.

Who acts: hardy Theodomir, Traitor, my · What happens: espy, come, spur, cry, keep, vow · To what, where: Theodomir, midst, vow · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (hardy Theodomir, Traitor, my), 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	In	in	ADP	_	3 midst	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 midst	det
3	midst	midst	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 cried	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 career	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 career	nmod:poss
6	career	career	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 midst	nmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 espied	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 espied	aux:pass
9	espied	espy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 career	acl:relcl
10	by	by	ADP	_	13 Theodomir	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Theodomir	det
12	hardy	hardy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 Theodomir	amod
13	Theodomir	Theodomir	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 espied	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 came	punct
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 came	nsubj
16	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 Theodomir	acl:relcl
17	spurring	spur	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	16 came	xcomp
18	to	to	ADP	_	20 encounter	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 encounter	det
20	encounter	encounter	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 spurring	obl
21	:	:	PUNCT	_	23 Traitor	punct
22	“	"	PUNCT	_	23 Traitor	punct
23	Traitor	traitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 cried	nsubj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 Traitor	punct
25	”	"	PUNCT	_	23 Traitor	punct
26	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 cried	obj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 kept	punct
29	“	"	PUNCT	_	32 kept	punct
30	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	32 kept	nsubj
31	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	32 kept	aux
32	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	26 cried	conj
33	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 vow	nmod:poss
34	vow	vow	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 kept	obj
35	.	.	PUNCT	_	26 cried	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	espy	past · passive	the hardy Theodomir	Theodomir			vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus
2	come	past	the hardy Theodomir				tree rules
3	spur	gerund	the hardy Theodomir not said here			to the encounter	vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	cry speech: express	past	Traitor	Theodomir	the midst of Theodomir's career		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic
5	keep in a quote	present · perfect	Traitor	my vow			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vow=Theme
6	vow in a quote		my				nom vow «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Battle of Calpe.—fate of Ataulpho., sentence 25