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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Battle of Calpe.—fate of Ataulpho., sentence 47

Taric ben Zeyad arrived at the scene of conflict, and paused, for a moment, in admiration of the surpassing prowess of the prince: recollecting, however, that his fall would be a death-blow to his army, he spurred upon him, and wounded him severely with his scimitar.

Who acts: Taric, fall, Prince · What happens: arrive, pause, surpass, recollect, be, spur · To what, where: scene, admiration, death blow, Prince, surpassing prowess

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 (Taric, fall, Prince), 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

nsubjflat:foreignflatcasedetoblcasenmodpunctccconjpunctcasedetoblpunctcaseoblcasedetamodnmodcasedetnmodpunctadvclpunctadvmodpunctmarknmod:possnsubjauxcopdetcompoundpunctoblcasenmod:possnmodpunctnsubjconjcaseoblpunctccconjobjadvmodcasenmod:possoblpunctrootTaricPROPNbenXZeyadPROPNarrivedVERBatADPtheDETsceneNOUNofADPconflictNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJpausedVERB,PUNCTforADPaDETmomentNOUN,PUNCTinADPadmirationNOUNofADPtheDETsurpassingVERBprowessNOUNofADPtheDETprinceNOUN:PUNCTrecollectingVERB,PUNCThoweverADV,PUNCTthatSCONJhisPRONfallNOUNwouldAUXbeAUXaDETdeathNOUN-PUNCTblowNOUNtoADPhisPRONarmyNOUN,PUNCThePRONspurredVERBuponADPhimPRON,PUNCTandCCONJwoundedVERBhimPRONseverelyADVwithADPhisPRONscimitarNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TaricTaricPROPNNumber=Sing4 arrivednsubj
2benBenJacoby@ECTX_1 Taricflat:foreign
3ZeyadZeyadPROPNNumber=Sing1 Taricflat
4arrivedarriveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
5atatADP_7 scenecase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 scenedet
7scenesceneNOUNNumber=Sing4 arrivedobl
8ofofADP_9 conflictcase
9conflictconflictNOUNNumber=Sing7 scenenmod
10,,PUNCT_12 pausedpunct
11andandCCONJ_12 pausedcc
12pausedpauseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 arrivedconj
13,,PUNCT_16 momentpunct
14forforADP_16 momentcase
15aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art16 momentdet
16momentmomentNOUNNumber=Sing12 pausedobl
17,,PUNCT_19 admirationpunct
18ininADP_19 admirationcase
19admirationadmirationNOUNNumber=Sing12 pausedobl
20ofofADP_23 prowesscase
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 prowessdet
22surpassingsurpassVERBVerbForm=Ger23 prowessamod
23prowessprowessNOUNNumber=Sing19 admirationnmod
24ofofADP_26 princecase
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 princedet
26princeprinceNOUNNumber=Sing23 prowessnmod
27::PUNCT_28 recollectingpunct
28recollectingrecollectVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part12 pausedadvcl
29,,PUNCT_30 howeverpunct
30howeverhoweverADV_28 recollectingadvmod
31,,PUNCT_40 blowpunct
32thatthatSCONJ_40 blowmark
33hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs34 fallnmod:poss
34fallfallNOUNNumber=Sing40 blownsubj
35wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin40 blowaux
36bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf40 blowcop
37aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art40 blowdet
38deathdeathNOUNNumber=Sing40 blowcompound
39--PUNCT_38 deathpunct
40blowblowNOUNNumber=Sing28 recollectingobl
41totoADP_43 armycase
42hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs43 armynmod:poss
43armyarmyNOUNNumber=Sing40 blownmod
44,,PUNCT_46 spurredpunct
45hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs46 spurrednsubj
46spurredspurVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 arrivedconj
47uponuponADP_48 himcase
48himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs46 spurredobl
49,,PUNCT_51 woundedpunct
50andandCCONJ_51 woundedcc
51woundedwoundVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 arrivedconj
52himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs51 woundedobj
53severelyseverelyADV_51 woundedadvmod
54withwithADP_56 scimitarcase
55hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs56 scimitarnmod:poss
56scimitarscimitarNOUNNumber=Sing51 woundedobl
57..PUNCT_4 arrivedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1arrivepastTaricthe scene of conflictvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2pausepastTaric not said hereadmiration of the surpassing prowess of the princemomentvn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in admiration=Location
3surpassgerundvn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
4recollectgerundTaric not said herehowever propertyvn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
5is awouldPrince's falla death blowto Prince's armytree rules
6spurpastPrinceupon Taricvn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
7woundpastTaric not said herePrincewith Prince's scimitar; severely propertyvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
8admirethe surpassing prowess of the princenom admiration «feeling 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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