Legends of the conquest of Spain, Battle of Calpe.—fate of Ataulpho., sentence 59
When he had so done, he sunk again upon the earth, and pressed it with his lips, as if he would take a fond farewell of his beloved country.
Who acts: Prince · What happens: do, sink, press, take · To what, where: earth, fond farewell
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), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 done | advmod |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 done | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 done | aux |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 done | advmod |
| 5 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 sunk | advcl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 done | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 sunk | nsubj |
| 8 | sunk | sink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | again | again | ADV | _ | 8 sunk | advmod |
| 10 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 12 earth | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 earth | det |
| 12 | earth | earth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sunk | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 pressed | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 pressed | cc |
| 15 | pressed | press | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 sunk | parataxis |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 pressed | obj |
| 17 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 lips | case |
| 18 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 lips | nmod:poss |
| 19 | lips | lip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 pressed | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 take | punct |
| 21 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 25 take | mark |
| 22 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 25 take | mark |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 take | nsubj |
| 24 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 take | aux |
| 25 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 pressed | advcl |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 farewell | det |
| 27 | fond | fond | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 farewell | amod |
| 28 | farewell | farewell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 take | obj |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 country | case |
| 30 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 country | nmod:poss |
| 31 | beloved | beloved | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 country | amod |
| 32 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 farewell | nmod |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 sunk | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · perfect | Prince | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | sink | past | Prince | again | upon the earth | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||
| 3 | press | past | earth | with Prince's lips | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 4 | take | would | Prince | a fond farewell of Prince's beloved country | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farewell=Theme |
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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