Legends of the conquest of Spain, Battle of Calpe.—fate of Ataulpho., sentence 48
Before he could repeat his blow, Theodomir led up a body of Christian cavaliers to the rescue, and Taric was parted from his prey by the tumult of the fight.
Who acts: Prince, Theodomir, tumult · What happens: repeat, lead up, part, blow · To what, where: blow, body, Taric
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 (Prince, Theodomir, tumult), 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 | Before | before | SCONJ | _ | 4 repeat | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 repeat | nsubj |
| 3 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 repeat | aux |
| 4 | repeat | repeat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 led | advcl |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 blow | nmod:poss |
| 6 | blow | blow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 repeat | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 repeat | punct |
| 8 | Theodomir | Theodomir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 led | nsubj |
| 9 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 led | compound:prt |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 body | det |
| 12 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 led | obj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 cavaliers | case |
| 14 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 cavaliers | amod |
| 15 | cavaliers | cavalier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 body | nmod |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 rescue | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 rescue | det |
| 18 | rescue | rescue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 cavaliers | nmod |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 parted | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 parted | cc |
| 21 | Taric | Taric | PROPN | Number=Sing | 23 parted | nsubj |
| 22 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 parted | aux:pass |
| 23 | parted | part | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 led | conj |
| 24 | from | from | ADP | _ | 26 prey | case |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 prey | nmod:poss |
| 26 | prey | prey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 parted | obl |
| 27 | by | by | ADP | _ | 29 tumult | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 tumult | det |
| 29 | tumult | tumult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 parted | obl |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 fight | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 fight | det |
| 32 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 tumult | nmod |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 led | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | repeat | could | Prince | Prince's blow | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | lead up | past | Theodomir | a body of Christian cavaliers to the rescue | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | part | past · passive | the tumult of the fight | Taric | from Prince's prey | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient from prey=Co-Patient | |||
| 4 | blow | Prince | nom blow «act intransitive»: 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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