Legends of the conquest of Spain, Terror of the Country.—roderick Rouses Himself to Arms., sentence 45
Many ancient courtiers who were present looked upon this as an evil omen, and counselled the king not to set forward on his march that day; but, disregarding all auguries and portents, he ordered the royal banner to be put upon a lance, and gave it in charge of another standard bearer: then commanding the trumpets to be sounded, he departed at the head of his host to seek the enemy.
Who acts: Many ancient courtiers, king · What happens: be, look, counsell, not set forward, disregard, order · To what, where: present, king, march, auguries, royal banner, lance · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Many ancient courtiers, 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 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 courtiers | amod |
| 2 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 courtiers | amod |
| 3 | courtiers | courtier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 looked | nsubj |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 present | nsubj |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 present | cop |
| 6 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 courtiers | acl:relcl |
| 7 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 9 this | case |
| 9 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 looked | obl |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 omen | case |
| 11 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 omen | det |
| 12 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 omen | amod |
| 13 | omen | omen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 looked | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 counselled | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 counselled | cc |
| 16 | counselled | counsell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 looked | conj |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 king | det |
| 18 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 counselled | obj |
| 19 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 21 set | advmod |
| 20 | to | to | PART | _ | 21 set | mark |
| 21 | set | set | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 counselled | advcl |
| 22 | forward | forward | ADV | _ | 21 set | advmod |
| 23 | on | on | ADP | _ | 25 march | case |
| 24 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 march | nmod:poss |
| 25 | march | march | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 set | obl |
| 26 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 27 day | det |
| 27 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 march | nmod:unmarked |
| 28 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 38 ordered | punct |
| 29 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 38 ordered | cc |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 disregarding | punct |
| 31 | disregarding | disregard | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 38 ordered | ccomp |
| 32 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 33 auguries | det |
| 33 | auguries | augury | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 disregarding | obj |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 portents | cc |
| 35 | portents | portent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 auguries | conj |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 disregarding | punct |
| 37 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 ordered | nsubj |
| 38 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 looked | parataxis |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 41 banner | det |
| 40 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 banner | amod |
| 41 | banner | banner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 ordered | obj |
| 42 | to | to | PART | _ | 44 put | mark |
| 43 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 44 put | aux:pass |
| 44 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 41 banner | acl |
| 45 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 47 lance | case |
| 46 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 lance | det |
| 47 | lance | lance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 put | obl |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 gave | punct |
| 49 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 50 gave | cc |
| 50 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 looked | conj |
| 51 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 50 gave | obj |
| 52 | in | in | ADP | _ | 53 charge | case |
| 53 | charge | charge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 gave | obl |
| 54 | of | of | ADP | _ | 57 bearer | case |
| 55 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 57 bearer | det |
| 56 | standard | standard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 bearer | amod |
| 57 | bearer | bearer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 charge | nmod |
| 58 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 60 commanding | punct |
| 59 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 60 commanding | advmod |
| 60 | commanding | command | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 50 gave | advcl |
| 61 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 62 trumpets | det |
| 62 | trumpets | trumpet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 60 commanding | obj |
| 63 | to | to | PART | _ | 65 sounded | mark |
| 64 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 65 sounded | aux:pass |
| 65 | sounded | sound | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 60 commanding | advcl |
| 66 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 68 departed | punct |
| 67 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 68 departed | nsubj |
| 68 | departed | depart | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 looked | conj |
| 69 | at | at | ADP | _ | 71 head | case |
| 70 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 71 head | det |
| 71 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 departed | obl |
| 72 | of | of | ADP | _ | 74 host | case |
| 73 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 74 host | nmod:poss |
| 74 | host | host | NOUN | Number=Sing | 71 head | nmod |
| 75 | to | to | PART | _ | 76 seek | mark |
| 76 | seek | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 68 departed | advcl |
| 77 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 78 enemy | det |
| 78 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 76 seek | obj |
| 79 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 looked | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Many ancient courtiers | present | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | look | past | Many ancient courtiers | upon this; as a evil omen | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon this=Theme | ||||
| 3 | counsell | past | Many ancient courtiers not said here | the king | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | not set forward | to-infinitive | Many ancient courtiers not said here | king's march that day | forward property | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on march=Destination | |||
| 5 | disregard | gerund | king not said here | all auguries and portents | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent augury=Theme | ||||
| 6 | order | past | king | the royal banner | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent banner=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 7 | put | to-infinitive · passive | king not said here | the royal banner not said here | a lance | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: upon lance=Destination | |||
| 8 | give | past | Many ancient courtiers not said here | banner | charge of another standard bearer | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 9 | command | gerund | Many ancient courtiers not said here | the trumpets | then | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent trumpet=Eventuality | |||
| 10 | sound | to-infinitive · passive | Many ancient courtiers not said here | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute» | |||||
| 11 | depart | past | king | the head of king's host | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 12 | seek | to-infinitive | king not said here | the enemy | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enemy=Theme | ||||
| 13 | charge | another standard bearer | nom charge «act 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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