Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIV., sentence 32
When the young man saw that the veterans held their peace, the blood mantled in his cheek, and, overcoming his modesty, he broke forth with a generous warmth: “I know not, cavaliers,” said he, “what is passing in your minds, but I believe this pilgrim to be an envoy from the devil; for none else could have given such dastard and perfidious counsel.
Who acts: young man, veterans, PELISTES, Doubtless, I, men · What happens: see, hold, mantle, overcome, break, not know · To what, where: peace, blood, cheek, modesty, minds, pilgrim · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (young man, veterans, PELISTES, Doubtless), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 saw | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 man | det |
| 3 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 man | amod |
| 4 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 saw | nsubj |
| 5 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 broke | advcl |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 held | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 veterans | det |
| 8 | veterans | veteran | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 held | nsubj |
| 9 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 saw | advcl |
| 10 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 peace | nmod:poss |
| 11 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 held | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 blood | punct |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 blood | det |
| 14 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 peace | conj |
| 15 | mantled | mantle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 blood | acl |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 cheek | case |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 cheek | nmod:poss |
| 18 | cheek | cheek | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 mantled | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 overcoming | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 overcoming | cc |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 overcoming | punct |
| 22 | overcoming | overcome | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 saw | conj |
| 23 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 modesty | nmod:poss |
| 24 | modesty | modesty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 overcoming | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 saw | punct |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 broke | nsubj |
| 27 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 28 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 27 broke | advmod |
| 29 | with | with | ADP | _ | 32 warmth | case |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 warmth | det |
| 31 | generous | generous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 warmth | amod |
| 32 | warmth | warmth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 broke | obl |
| 33 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 36 know | punct |
| 34 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 36 know | punct |
| 35 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 36 know | nsubj |
| 36 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 27 broke | parataxis |
| 37 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 36 know | advmod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 cavaliers | punct |
| 39 | cavaliers | cavalier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 said | nsubj |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 cavaliers | punct |
| 41 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 39 cavaliers | punct |
| 42 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 know | ccomp |
| 43 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 42 said | nsubj |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 passing | punct |
| 45 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 48 passing | punct |
| 46 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 48 passing | nsubj |
| 47 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 48 passing | aux |
| 48 | passing | pass | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 42 said | advcl |
| 49 | in | in | ADP | _ | 51 minds | case |
| 50 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 minds | nmod:poss |
| 51 | minds | mind | NOUN | Number=Plur | 48 passing | obl |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 believe | punct |
| 53 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 55 believe | cc |
| 54 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 55 believe | nsubj |
| 55 | believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 know | conj |
| 56 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 57 pilgrim | det |
| 57 | pilgrim | pilgrim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 believe | obj |
| 58 | to | to | PART | _ | 61 envoy | mark |
| 59 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 61 envoy | cop |
| 60 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 61 envoy | det |
| 61 | envoy | envoy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 believe | ccomp |
| 62 | from | from | ADP | _ | 64 devil | case |
| 63 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 devil | det |
| 64 | devil | devil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 61 envoy | nmod |
| 65 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 71 given | punct |
| 66 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 71 given | mark |
| 67 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 71 given | nsubj:pass |
| 68 | else | else | ADV | _ | 67 none | advmod |
| 69 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 71 given | aux |
| 70 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 71 given | aux |
| 71 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 55 believe | parataxis |
| 72 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 73 dastard | amod |
| 73 | dastard | dastard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 71 given | obj |
| 74 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 76 counsel | cc |
| 75 | perfidious | perfidious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 76 counsel | amod |
| 76 | counsel | counsel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 73 dastard | conj |
| 77 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 27 broke | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | the young man | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | hold | past | the veterans | men's peace and the blood | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent peace=Theme | ||||
| 3 | mantle | participle | the blood not said here | PELISTES's cheek | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | overcome | gerund | the young man not said here | PELISTES's modesty | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot modesty=Theme | ||||
| 5 | break | past | PELISTES | with a generous warmth; forth property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | not know in a quote | present | Doubtless | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 7 | say speech: assert | past | cavaliers nsubj; PELISTES nsubj | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 8 | pass in a quote | present · progressive | your minds | what nsubj | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in mind=Location | ||||
| 9 | believe in a quote | present | I | this pilgrim | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pilgrim=Stimulus | ||||
| 10 | is a in a quote | to-infinitive | a envoy | from the devil | tree rules | ||||
| 11 | give in a quote | could · perfect · passive | none | such dastard and perfidious counsel obj | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient dastard=Theme | ||||
| 12 | pacify | men = man | nom peace «state transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 13 | mind in a quote | your | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=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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