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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIV., sentence 11

As several leaders of the army were seated with the bishop in his tent, conversing on the dubious fortunes of the approaching contest, an ancient pilgrim appeared at the entrance.

Who acts: conversing · What happens: seat, converse, approach, appear · To what, where: several leaders, dubious fortunes, entrance

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 (conversing), 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

markamodnsubj:passcasedetnmodaux:passadvclcasedetoblcasenmod:possnmodpunctcsubjcasedetamodoblcasedetamodnmodpunctdetamodconjcasedetoblpunctrootAsSCONJseveralADJleadersNOUNofADPtheDETarmyNOUNwereAUXseatedVERBwithADPtheDETbishopNOUNinADPhisPRONtentNOUN,PUNCTconversingVERBonADPtheDETdubiousADJfortunesNOUNofADPtheDETapproachingVERBcontestNOUN,PUNCTanDETancientADJpilgrimNOUNappearedVERBatADPtheDETentranceNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AsasSCONJ_8 seatedmark
2severalseveralADJDegree=Pos3 leadersamod
3leadersleaderNOUNNumber=Plur8 seatednsubj:pass
4ofofADP_6 armycase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 armydet
6armyarmyNOUNNumber=Sing3 leadersnmod
7werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 seatedaux:pass
8seatedseatVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass29 appearedadvcl
9withwithADP_11 bishopcase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 bishopdet
11bishopbishopNOUNNumber=Sing8 seatedobl
12ininADP_14 tentcase
13hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs14 tentnmod:poss
14tenttentNOUNNumber=Sing11 bishopnmod
15,,PUNCT_16 conversingpunct
16conversingconverseVERBVerbForm=Ger29 appearedcsubj
17ononADP_20 fortunescase
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 fortunesdet
19dubiousdubiousADJDegree=Pos20 fortunesamod
20fortunesfortuneNOUNNumber=Plur16 conversingobl
21ofofADP_24 contestcase
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 contestdet
23approachingapproachVERBVerbForm=Ger24 contestamod
24contestcontestNOUNNumber=Sing20 fortunesnmod
25,,PUNCT_28 pilgrimpunct
26anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art28 pilgrimdet
27ancientancientADJDegree=Pos28 pilgrimamod
28pilgrimpilgrimNOUNNumber=Sing24 contestconj
29appearedappearVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
30atatADP_32 entrancecase
31thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art32 entrancedet
32entranceentranceNOUNNumber=Sing29 appearedobl
33..PUNCT_29 appearedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1seatpast · passiveseveral leaders of the armywith the bishop in camp's tentvn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: subject=Value
2converse speech: othergerundthe dubious fortunes of the approaching contest and a ancient pilgrimvn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3approachgerundvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4appearpastconversingthe entrancevn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at entrance=Location

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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