Legends of the conquest of Spain, Terror of the Country.—roderick Rouses Himself to Arms., sentence 23
He brought with him his two nephews, Evan and Siseburto, the sons of the late king Witiza; and a great host of vassals and retainers, all well armed and appointed, for they had been furnished, by Count Julian, with a part of the arms sent by the king to Africa.
Who acts: Roderick, Count · What happens: bring, arm, appoint, furnish, send · To what, where: two nephews, nephews, arms, Africa
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, Count), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 brought | nsubj |
| 2 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 him | case |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 brought | obl |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 nephews | nmod:poss |
| 6 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 nephews | nummod |
| 7 | nephews | nephew | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 brought | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 Evan | punct |
| 9 | Evan | Evan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 nephews | appos |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 Siseburto | cc |
| 11 | Siseburto | Siseburto | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Evan | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 sons | punct |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 sons | det |
| 14 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 Evan | appos |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 king | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 king | det |
| 17 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 king | amod |
| 18 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 sons | nmod |
| 19 | Witiza | Witiza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 king | appos |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 host | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 host | cc |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 host | det |
| 23 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 host | amod |
| 24 | host | host | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 brought | parataxis |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 vassals | case |
| 26 | vassals | vassal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 host | nmod |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 retainers | cc |
| 28 | retainers | retainer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 vassals | conj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 armed | punct |
| 30 | all | all | ADV | _ | 32 armed | advmod |
| 31 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 32 armed | advmod |
| 32 | armed | arm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 24 host | parataxis |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 appointed | cc |
| 34 | appointed | appoint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 32 armed | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 furnished | punct |
| 36 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 40 furnished | mark |
| 37 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 furnished | nsubj:pass |
| 38 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 furnished | aux |
| 39 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 40 furnished | aux:pass |
| 40 | furnished | furnish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 34 appointed | conj |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 Count | punct |
| 42 | by | by | ADP | _ | 43 Count | case |
| 43 | Count | Count | PROPN | Number=Sing | 40 furnished | obl |
| 44 | Julian | Julian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 Count | flat |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 part | punct |
| 46 | with | with | ADP | _ | 48 part | case |
| 47 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 48 part | det |
| 48 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 furnished | obl |
| 49 | of | of | ADP | _ | 51 arms | case |
| 50 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 51 arms | det |
| 51 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 part | nmod |
| 52 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 51 arms | acl |
| 53 | by | by | ADP | _ | 55 king | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 king | det |
| 55 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 sent | obl |
| 56 | to | to | ADP | _ | 57 Africa | case |
| 57 | Africa | Africa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 52 sent | obl |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 brought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | past | Roderick | Roderick's two nephews | with Julian; a great host of vassals and retainers parataxis | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument nephew=Destination | |||
| 2 | arm | participle | all, well property | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | appoint | participle | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | furnish | past · perfect · passive | Count | nephews = nephew | with a part of the arms | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient with part=Theme | |||
| 5 | send | participle | the arms not said here | Africa | by the king | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to africa=Destination |
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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