Legends of the conquest of Spain, Terror of the Country.—roderick Rouses Himself to Arms., sentence 43
The king then arranged the order of their march: all those who were armed with cuirasses and coats of mail were placed in the front and rear; the centre of the army was composed of a promiscuous throng, without body armour, and but scantily provided with weapons.
Who acts: king · What happens: arrange, be, place, compose, provide, order · To what, where: order, those, front, centre, march
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 (king), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 arranged | nsubj |
| 3 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 arranged | advmod |
| 4 | arranged | arrange | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 order | det |
| 6 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 arranged | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 march | case |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 march | nmod:poss |
| 9 | march | march | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 order | nmod |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 23 placed | punct |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 those | det:predet |
| 12 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 23 placed | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 armed | nsubj |
| 14 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 armed | cop |
| 15 | armed | armed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 those | acl:relcl |
| 16 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 cuirasses | case |
| 17 | cuirasses | cuirass | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 armed | obl |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 coats | cc |
| 19 | coats | coat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 cuirasses | conj |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 mail | case |
| 21 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 coats | nmod | ||
| 22 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 placed | aux:pass |
| 23 | placed | place | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 arranged | conj |
| 24 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 front | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 front | det |
| 26 | front | front | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 placed | obl |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 rear | cc |
| 28 | rear | rear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 front | conj |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 36 composed | punct |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 centre | det |
| 31 | centre | centre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 composed | nsubj:pass |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 army | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 army | det |
| 34 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 centre | nmod |
| 35 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 composed | aux:pass |
| 36 | composed | compose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 arranged | parataxis |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 throng | case |
| 38 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 40 throng | det |
| 39 | promiscuous | promiscuous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 throng | amod |
| 40 | throng | throng | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 composed | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 armour | punct |
| 42 | without | without | ADP | _ | 44 armour | case |
| 43 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 armour | compound |
| 44 | armour | armour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 composed | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 provided | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 provided | cc |
| 47 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 49 provided | cc |
| 48 | scantily | scantily | ADV | _ | 49 provided | advmod |
| 49 | provided | provide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 36 composed | conj |
| 50 | with | with | ADP | _ | 51 weapons | case |
| 51 | weapons | weapon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 provided | obl |
| 52 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 arranged | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arrange | past | the king | the order of orders's march | then | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Product | |||
| 2 | is | past | with cuirasses and coats of mail; who nsubj; armed property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | place | past · passive | those | the front | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in front=Destination | ||||
| 4 | compose | past · passive | the centre of the army | of a promiscuous throng; without body armour | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result | ||||
| 5 | provide | participle | with weapons; scantily property | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with weapon=Theme | |||||
| 6 | order | orders's march | nom order «communication 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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