Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIV., sentence 10
A marvellous occurrence is recorded by the Arabian chroniclers as having taken place in the Christian camp; but discreet Spanish writers relate it with much modification, and consider it a stratagem of the wily Bishop Oppas, to sound the loyalty of the Christian cavaliers.
Who acts: Arabian chroniclers, discreet Spanish writers · What happens: record, have, take, relate, consider, sound · To what, where: marvellous occurrence, taken place, Christian camp, place, loyalty
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter XIV.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Arabian chroniclers, discreet Spanish writers), 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 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 occurrence | det |
| 2 | marvellous | marvellous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 occurrence | amod |
| 3 | occurrence | occurrence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 recorded | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 recorded | aux:pass |
| 5 | recorded | record | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 chroniclers | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 chroniclers | det |
| 8 | Arabian | Arabian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 chroniclers | amod |
| 9 | chroniclers | chronicler | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 recorded | obl |
| 10 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 11 having | mark |
| 11 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 recorded | advcl |
| 12 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 place | amod |
| 13 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 having | obj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 camp | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 camp | det |
| 16 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 camp | amod |
| 17 | camp | camp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 having | obl |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 relate | punct |
| 19 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 23 relate | cc |
| 20 | discreet | discreet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 writers | amod |
| 21 | Spanish | Spanish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 writers | amod |
| 22 | writers | writer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 relate | nsubj |
| 23 | relate | relate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 recorded | parataxis |
| 24 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 relate | obj |
| 25 | with | with | ADP | _ | 27 modification | case |
| 26 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 modification | amod |
| 27 | modification | modification | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 relate | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 consider | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 consider | cc |
| 30 | consider | consider | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 relate | conj |
| 31 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 30 consider | obj |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 stratagem | det |
| 33 | stratagem | stratagem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 consider | obj |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 Bishop | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 Bishop | det |
| 36 | wily | wily | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 Bishop | amod |
| 37 | Bishop | Bishop | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 stratagem | nmod |
| 38 | Oppas | Oppas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 Bishop | flat |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 sound | punct |
| 40 | to | to | PART | _ | 41 sound | mark |
| 41 | sound | sound | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 consider | conj |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 loyalty | det |
| 43 | loyalty | loyalty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 sound | obj |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 cavaliers | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 cavaliers | det |
| 46 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 cavaliers | amod |
| 47 | cavaliers | cavalier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 loyalty | nmod |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 recorded | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | record | present · passive | the Arabian chroniclers | a marvellous occurrence | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | have | gerund | the Arabian chroniclers not said here | taken place | the Christian camp | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Patient | |||
| 3 | take | participle | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | relate | present | discreet Spanish writers | place | with much modification | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 5 | consider | infinitive | discreet Spanish writers not said here | place | a stratagem of the wily Bishop obj | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Theme stratagem=Attribute | |||
| 6 | sound | to-infinitive | discreet Spanish writers not said here | the loyalty of the Christian cavaliers | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location loyalty=Theme |
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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