Legends of the conquest of Spain, Terror of the Country.—roderick Rouses Himself to Arms., sentence 29

As to the common people, some had lances and shields and swords and cross-bows, but the greater part were unarmed, or provided merely with slings, and clubs studded with nails, and with the iron implements of husbandry; and many had made shields for themselves from the doors and windows, of their habitations.

Who acts: some, greater part · What happens: have, be, provide, stud, make · To what, where: lances, clubs, many, doors

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 (some, greater part), 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	As	as	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	5 people	case
2	to	to	ADP	_	1 As	fixed
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 people	det
4	common	common	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 people	amod
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 had	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 people	punct
7	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	8 had	nsubj
8	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	lances	lance	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 had	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 shields	cc
11	shields	shield	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 lances	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 swords	cc
13	swords	sword	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 lances	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 cross-bows	cc
15	cross-bows	cross-bow	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 lances	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 unarmed	punct
17	but	but	CCONJ	_	22 unarmed	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 part	det
19	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	20 part	amod
20	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 unarmed	nsubj
21	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 unarmed	cop
22	unarmed	unarmed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 had	parataxis
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 provided	punct
24	or	or	CCONJ	_	25 provided	cc
25	provided	provide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 unarmed	conj
26	merely	merely	ADV	_	25 provided	advmod
27	with	with	ADP	_	28 slings	case
28	slings	sling	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 provided	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 clubs	punct
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	31 clubs	cc
31	clubs	club	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 provided	obl
32	studded	stud	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	31 clubs	acl
33	with	with	ADP	_	34 nails	case
34	nails	nail	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 studded	obl
35	,	,	PUNCT	_	40 implements	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 implements	cc
37	with	with	ADP	_	40 implements	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 implements	det
39	iron	iron	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 implements	amod
40	implements	implement	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 clubs	conj
41	of	of	ADP	_	42 husbandry	case
42	husbandry	husbandry	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 implements	nmod
43	;	;	PUNCT	_	47 made	punct
44	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 made	cc
45	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	47 made	nsubj:pass
46	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	47 made	aux
47	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 had	conj
48	shields	shield	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 made	obj
49	for	for	ADP	_	50 themselves	case
50	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	47 made	obl
51	from	from	ADP	_	53 doors	case
52	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	53 doors	det
53	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 made	obl
54	and	and	CCONJ	_	55 windows	cc
55	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 doors	conj
56	,	,	PUNCT	_	59 habitations	punct
57	of	of	ADP	_	59 habitations	case
58	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	59 habitations	nmod:poss
59	habitations	habitation	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 doors	conj
60	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 had	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	past	some	lances and shields and swords and cross-bows		as the common people	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lance=Patient
2	is	past	the greater part			unarmed property	tree rules
3	provide	participle	the greater part not said here	clubs and the iron implements of husbandry		with slings; merely property	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with sling=Theme
4	stud	participle		clubs and the iron implements of husbandry not said here		with nails	vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with nail=Theme
5	make	past · perfect · passive		many	the doors and windows and shields's habitations	for shields = shield	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP PP»: subject=Beneficiary shield=Product from door=Material

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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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Terror of the Country.—roderick Rouses Himself to Arms., sentence 29