Legends of the conquest of Spain, Terror of the Country.—roderick Rouses Himself to Arms., sentence 12
His mind was filled with horror and confusion, for the hour of his destruction seemed at hand: but he subdued his agitation by his strong and haughty spirit; and, when he uncovered his face, no one could read on his brow the trouble and agony of his heart.
Who acts: hour, Roderick, one · What happens: fill, seem, subdue, uncover, read, mind · To what, where: mind, hand, agitation, face, brow, heart
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Terror of the Country.—roderick Rouses Himself to Arms.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (hour, Roderick, one), 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 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mind | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 filled | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 filled | aux:pass |
| 4 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 horror | case |
| 6 | horror | horror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 filled | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 confusion | cc |
| 8 | confusion | confusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 horror | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 hour | punct |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 hour | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 hour | det |
| 12 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 seemed | nsubj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 destruction | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 destruction | nmod:poss |
| 15 | destruction | destruction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 hour | nmod |
| 16 | seemed | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 filled | parataxis |
| 17 | at | at | ADP | _ | 18 hand | case |
| 18 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 seemed | obl |
| 19 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 22 subdued | punct |
| 20 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 22 subdued | cc |
| 21 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 subdued | nsubj |
| 22 | subdued | subdue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 seemed | parataxis |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 agitation | nmod:poss |
| 24 | agitation | agitation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 subdued | obj |
| 25 | by | by | ADP | _ | 30 spirit | case |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 spirit | nmod:poss |
| 27 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 spirit | amod |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 haughty | cc |
| 29 | haughty | haughty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 strong | conj |
| 30 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 subdued | obl |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 uncovered | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 uncovered | cc |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 uncovered | punct |
| 34 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 36 uncovered | advmod |
| 35 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 uncovered | nsubj |
| 36 | uncovered | uncover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 subdued | conj |
| 37 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 face | nmod:poss |
| 38 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 uncovered | obj |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 read | punct |
| 40 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 41 one | det |
| 41 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 read | nsubj |
| 42 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 43 read | aux |
| 43 | read | read | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 36 uncovered | parataxis |
| 44 | on | on | ADP | _ | 46 brow | case |
| 45 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 46 brow | nmod:poss |
| 46 | brow | brow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 read | obl |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 trouble | det |
| 48 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 read | parataxis |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 agony | cc |
| 50 | agony | agony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 trouble | conj |
| 51 | of | of | ADP | _ | 53 heart | case |
| 52 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 53 heart | nmod:poss |
| 53 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 trouble | nmod |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 filled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fill | past · passive | Roderick's mind | with horror and confusion | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with horror=Instrument | ||||
| 2 | seem | past | the hour of Roderick's destruction | hand | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | subdue | past | Roderick | Roderick's agitation | by Roderick's strong spirit | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent agitation=Patient | |||
| 4 | uncover | past | Roderick | Roderick's face | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | read | could | no one | Roderick's brow | the trouble of Roderick's heart and agony parataxis | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 6 | mind | Roderick | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 7 | destroy | Roderick | nom destruction «act transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 8 | trouble | Roderick's heart | nom trouble «cognition 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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