Legends of the conquest of Spain, Battle of Calpe.—fate of Ataulpho., sentence 36

He rode about the field calling out the names of the bravest of his knights, but few answered to his call; the rest lay mangled on the field.

Who acts: Ataulpho, few, rest · What happens: ride, call out, answer, lie, mangle, call · To what, where: names, field · 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 (Ataulpho, few, rest), 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	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rode	nsubj
2	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	5 field	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 field	det
5	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rode	obl
6	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 rode	advcl
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 calling	compound:prt
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 names	det
9	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 calling	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 bravest	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bravest	det
12	bravest	brave	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 names	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 knights	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 knights	nmod:poss
15	knights	knight	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 bravest	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 answered	punct
17	but	but	CCONJ	_	19 answered	cc
18	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 answered	nsubj
19	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rode	parataxis
20	to	to	ADP	_	22 call	case
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 call	nmod:poss
22	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 answered	obl
23	;	;	PUNCT	_	26 lay	punct
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 rest	det
25	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 lay	nsubj
26	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rode	conj
27	mangled	mangle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	26 lay	xcomp
28	on	on	ADP	_	30 field	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 field	det
30	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 mangled	obl
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 rode	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ride	past	Ataulpho			about the field	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	call out speech: assert	gerund	Ataulpho not said here	the names of the bravest of Ataulpho's knights			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient
3	answer speech: assert	past	few			to Ataulpho's call	vn subordinate-95.2.1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to call=Co-Agent
4	lie	past	the rest				tree rules
5	mangle	participle	the rest not said here		the field		vn carve-21.2-3 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
6	call		Ataulpho				nom call «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 36

The tree

Pragmatics

Legends of the conquest of Spain, Battle of Calpe.—fate of Ataulpho., sentence 36