Legends of the conquest of Spain, Terror of the Country.—roderick Rouses Himself to Arms., sentence 20
Throwing by, then, all the trappings of his late slothful and voluptuous life, and arming himself for warlike action, he departed from Toledo at the head of his guard, composed of the flower of the youthful nobility.
Who acts: Roderick · What happens: throw, arm, depart, compose · To what, where: trappings, Roderick, Toledo, guard
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 (Roderick), 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 | Throwing | throw | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 25 departed | advcl |
| 2 | by | by | ADP | _ | 4 then | case |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 by | punct |
| 4 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 Throwing | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Throwing | punct |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 trappings | det:predet |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 trappings | det |
| 8 | trappings | trapping | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Throwing | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 life | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 life | nmod:poss |
| 11 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 life | amod |
| 12 | slothful | slothful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 life | amod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 voluptuous | cc |
| 14 | voluptuous | voluptuous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 slothful | conj |
| 15 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 trappings | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 arming | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 arming | cc |
| 18 | arming | arm | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Throwing | conj |
| 19 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 18 arming | obj |
| 20 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 action | case |
| 21 | warlike | warlike | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 action | amod |
| 22 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 arming | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Throwing | punct |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 departed | nsubj |
| 25 | departed | depart | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 26 | from | from | ADP | _ | 27 Toledo | case |
| 27 | Toledo | Toledo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 departed | obl |
| 28 | at | at | ADP | _ | 30 head | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 head | det |
| 30 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 departed | obl |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 guard | case |
| 32 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 guard | nmod:poss |
| 33 | guard | guard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 head | nmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 composed | punct |
| 35 | composed | compose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 guard | acl |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 flower | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 flower | det |
| 38 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 composed | obl |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 nobility | case |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 nobility | det |
| 41 | youthful | youthful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 nobility | amod |
| 42 | nobility | nobility | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 flower | nmod |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 25 departed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | gerund | Roderick not said here | all trappings of Roderick's late slothful life | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent trapping=Theme by then=Destination | ||||
| 2 | arm | gerund | Roderick not said here | Roderick | for warlike action | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent himself=Recipient | |||
| 3 | depart | past | Roderick | Toledo | at the head of Roderick's guard | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from toledo=Initial_Location | |||
| 4 | compose | participle | Roderick's guard not said here | of the flower of the youthful nobility | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=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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