Legends of the conquest of Spain, Battle of Calpe.—fate of Ataulpho., sentence 27
The renegado had been renowned for prowess before he became a traitor to his country, but guilt will sap the courage of the stoutest heart.
Who acts: Theodomir, guilt · What happens: renown, become, sap · To what, where: renegado, traitor, courage
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 (Theodomir, guilt), 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 | 2 renegado | det |
| 2 | renegado | renegado | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 renowned | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 renowned | aux |
| 4 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 renowned | aux:pass |
| 5 | renowned | renown | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 prowess | case |
| 7 | prowess | prowess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 renowned | obl |
| 8 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 10 became | mark |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 became | nsubj |
| 10 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 renowned | advcl |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 traitor | det |
| 12 | traitor | traitor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 became | xcomp |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 country | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 country | nmod:poss |
| 15 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 traitor | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 sap | punct |
| 17 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 20 sap | cc |
| 18 | guilt | guilt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 sap | nsubj |
| 19 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 sap | aux |
| 20 | sap | sap | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 renowned | conj |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 courage | det |
| 22 | courage | courage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 sap | obj |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 heart | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 heart | det |
| 25 | stoutest | stout | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 26 heart | amod |
| 26 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 courage | nmod |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 renowned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | renown | past · perfect · passive | the renegado | for prowess | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | become | past | Theodomir | a traitor to Theodomir's country | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | sap | future | guilt | the courage of the stoutest heart | vn deprive-10.6.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Source |
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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