Legends of the conquest of Spain, Battle of Calpe.—fate of Ataulpho., sentence 61
A number of Arab warriors, who came to the fountain to slake their thirst, cut off the head of the prince, and bore it in triumph to Taric, crying, “Behold the head of the Christian leader!”
Who acts: number, thirst, numbers · What happens: come, slake, cut off, bear, cry, thirst · To what, where: fountain, thirst, head, triumph
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 (number, thirst, numbers), 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 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 number | det |
| 2 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 came | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 warriors | case |
| 4 | Arab | Arab | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 warriors | amod |
| 5 | warriors | warrior | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 number | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 came | punct |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 came | nsubj |
| 8 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 fountain | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 fountain | det |
| 11 | fountain | fountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 came | obl |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 slake | mark |
| 13 | slake | slake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 came | advcl |
| 14 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 thirst | nmod:poss |
| 15 | thirst | thirst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 slake | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 cut | punct |
| 17 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 thirst | acl |
| 18 | off | off | ADP | _ | 20 head | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 head | det |
| 20 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 cut | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 prince | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 prince | det |
| 23 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 head | nmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 bore | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 bore | cc |
| 26 | bore | bear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 came | conj |
| 27 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 bore | obj |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 triumph | case |
| 29 | triumph | triumph | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 bore | obl |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 31 Taric | case |
| 31 | Taric | Taric | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 triumph | nmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 crying | punct |
| 33 | crying | cry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 26 bore | advcl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 head | punct |
| 35 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 38 head | punct |
| 36 | Behold | behold | INTJ | _ | 38 head | discourse |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 head | det |
| 38 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 crying | obl |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 leader | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 leader | det |
| 41 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 leader | amod |
| 42 | leader | leader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 head | nmod |
| 43 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 33 crying | punct |
| 44 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 bore | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | a number of Arab warriors | the fountain | who nsubj | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to fountain=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | slake | to-infinitive | a number of Arab warriors not said here | numbers's thirst | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thirst=Patient | ||||
| 3 | cut off | participle | numbers's thirst not said here | the head of the prince | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector head=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | bear | past | a number of Arab warriors not said here | head | triumph to Taric | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||
| 5 | cry speech: express | gerund | a number of Arab warriors not said here | the head of the Christian leader | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | thirst | numbers = number | nom thirst «state 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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