Legends of the conquest of Spain, Battle of Calpe.—fate of Ataulpho., sentence 5
We have a long day before us: let not the setting sun shine upon one of their host, who is not a fugitive, a captive, or a corpse.”
Who acts: We, setting sun, host · What happens: have, let, shine, not be · To what, where: fugitive
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 (We, setting sun, host), 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 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 have | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 day | det |
| 4 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 day | amod |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 have | obj |
| 6 | before | before | ADP | _ | 7 us | case |
| 7 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 have | obl |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 let | punct |
| 9 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 have | parataxis |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 sun | advmod |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 sun | det |
| 12 | setting | setting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 sun | compound |
| 13 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 shine | nsubj |
| 14 | shine | shine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 let | parataxis |
| 15 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 16 one | case |
| 16 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 shine | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 host | case |
| 18 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 host | nmod:poss |
| 19 | host | host | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 one | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 fugitive | punct |
| 21 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 25 fugitive | nsubj |
| 22 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 25 fugitive | cop |
| 23 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 25 fugitive | advmod |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 25 fugitive | det |
| 25 | fugitive | fugitive | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 host | conj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 captive | punct |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 captive | det |
| 28 | captive | captive | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 host | conj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 corpse | punct |
| 30 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 32 corpse | cc |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 corpse | det |
| 32 | corpse | corpse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 host | conj |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 let | punct |
| 34 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 let | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | We | before us; day | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | let | infinitive | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | shine | present | the setting sun | upon one of infidels's host and a fugitive and a captive or a corpse | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon one=Location | ||||
| 4 | not is a | present | infidels's host and a fugitive and a captive or a corpse | a fugitive | tree rules |
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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