Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIV., sentence 2
The hopes of Andalusia revived, as this mighty host stretched in lengthened lines along its fertile plains; from morn until night it continued to pour along, with sound of drum and trumpet; it was led on by the proudest nobles and bravest cavaliers of the land, and, had it possessed arms and discipline, might have undertaken the conquest of the world.
Who acts: hopes, host, proudest nobles, possessed arms, Andalusia · What happens: revive, stretch, lengthen, continue, pour, lead on · To what, where: mighty host, lengthened lines, morn, sound, host, conquest
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 (hopes, host, proudest nobles, possessed arms), 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 hopes | det |
| 2 | hopes | hope | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 revived | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 Andalusia | case |
| 4 | Andalusia | Andalusia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 hopes | nmod |
| 5 | revived | revive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 host | punct |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 host | case |
| 8 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 host | det |
| 9 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 host | amod |
| 10 | host | host | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 revived | obj |
| 11 | stretched | stretch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 host | acl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 lines | case |
| 13 | lengthened | lengthen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 lines | amod |
| 14 | lines | line | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 stretched | obl |
| 15 | along | along | ADP | _ | 18 plains | case |
| 16 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 plains | nmod:poss |
| 17 | fertile | fertile | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 plains | amod |
| 18 | plains | plain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 lines | nmod |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 continued | punct |
| 20 | from | from | ADP | _ | 21 morn | case |
| 21 | morn | morn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 continued | obl |
| 22 | until | until | ADP | _ | 23 night | case |
| 23 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 morn | nmod |
| 24 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 25 continued | nsubj |
| 25 | continued | continue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 revived | parataxis |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 pour | mark |
| 27 | pour | pour | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 continued | xcomp |
| 28 | along | along | ADV | _ | 27 pour | advmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 sound | punct |
| 30 | with | with | ADP | _ | 31 sound | case |
| 31 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 pour | obj |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 drum | case |
| 33 | drum | drum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 sound | nmod |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 trumpet | cc |
| 35 | trumpet | trumpet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 sound | conj |
| 36 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 39 led | punct |
| 37 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 led | nsubj:pass |
| 38 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 led | aux:pass |
| 39 | led | lead | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 revived | conj |
| 40 | on | on | ADP | _ | 39 led | compound:prt |
| 41 | by | by | ADP | _ | 44 nobles | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 nobles | det |
| 43 | proudest | proud | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 44 nobles | amod |
| 44 | nobles | noble | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 led | obl |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 cavaliers | cc |
| 46 | bravest | brave | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 47 cavaliers | amod |
| 47 | cavaliers | cavalier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 nobles | conj |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 50 land | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 land | det |
| 50 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 cavaliers | nmod |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 54 had | punct |
| 52 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 54 had | cc |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 and | punct |
| 54 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 revived | conj |
| 55 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 54 had | obj |
| 56 | possessed | possess | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 57 arms | amod |
| 57 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 54 had | obj |
| 58 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 59 discipline | cc |
| 59 | discipline | discipline | NOUN | Number=Sing | 57 arms | conj |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 63 undertaken | punct |
| 61 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 63 undertaken | aux |
| 62 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 63 undertaken | aux |
| 63 | undertaken | undertake | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 57 arms | acl |
| 64 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 65 conquest | det |
| 65 | conquest | conquest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 63 undertaken | obj |
| 66 | of | of | ADP | _ | 68 world | case |
| 67 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 68 world | det |
| 68 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 65 conquest | nmod |
| 69 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 revived | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | revive | past | the hopes of Andalusia | this mighty host | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent host=Patient | ||||
| 2 | stretch | participle | this mighty host not said here | lengthened lines along host's fertile plains | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | lengthen | participle | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 4 | continue | past | host | morn until night | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | pour | to-infinitive | host not said here | sound of drum and trumpet | along property | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Patient | |||
| 6 | lead on | past · passive | the proudest nobles and bravest cavaliers of the land | host | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ||||
| 7 | have | past | the hopes of Andalusia not said here | host | possessed arms and discipline obj | tree rules | |||
| 8 | possess | participle | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 9 | undertake | might · perfect | possessed arms and discipline not said here | the conquest of the world | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conquest=Eventuality | ||||
| 10 | hope | Andalusia | nom hope «feeling intransitive»: of=agent |
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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