Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIV., sentence 37
“Thou hast spoken well, my son,” said he; “if I held my peace at the counsel of this losel pilgrim, it was but to hear thy opinion, and to learn whether thou wert worthy of thy lineage and of the training I had given thee.
Who acts: PELISTES, youth, my, thy · What happens: speak, say, hold, be, learn, give · To what, where: Thou, peace, counsel, thee · 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 (PELISTES, youth, my, thy), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 spoken | punct |
| 2 | Thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 4 spoken | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | hast | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 spoken | aux:pass |
| 4 | spoken | speak | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 said | ccomp |
| 5 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 spoken | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 son | punct |
| 7 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 son | nmod:poss |
| 8 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 spoken | vocative |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 spoken | punct |
| 10 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 spoken | punct |
| 11 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 said | nsubj |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 held | punct |
| 14 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 held | punct |
| 15 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 17 held | mark |
| 16 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 held | nsubj |
| 17 | held | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 said | conj |
| 18 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 peace | nmod:poss |
| 19 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 held | obj |
| 20 | at | at | ADP | _ | 22 counsel | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 counsel | det |
| 22 | counsel | counsel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 held | obl |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 pilgrim | case |
| 24 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 26 pilgrim | det |
| 25 | losel | losel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 pilgrim | compound |
| 26 | pilgrim | pilgrim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 counsel | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 hear | punct |
| 28 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 hear | nsubj |
| 29 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 hear | cop |
| 30 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 32 hear | cc |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 32 hear | mark |
| 32 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 said | parataxis |
| 33 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 34 opinion | nmod:poss |
| 34 | opinion | opinion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 hear | obj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 learn | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 learn | cc |
| 37 | to | to | PART | _ | 38 learn | mark |
| 38 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 hear | parataxis |
| 39 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 41 wert | mark |
| 40 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 41 wert | nsubj |
| 41 | wert | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 learn | ccomp |
| 42 | worthy | worthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 wert | xcomp |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 lineage | case |
| 44 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 45 lineage | nmod:poss |
| 45 | lineage | lineage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 worthy | obl |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 given | cc |
| 47 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 training | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 training | det |
| 49 | training | training | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 given | obl |
| 50 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 52 given | nsubj |
| 51 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 52 given | aux |
| 52 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 41 wert | conj |
| 53 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 52 given | obj |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other in a quote | present · passive | Thou | my son vocative; well property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | PELISTES | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | hold a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | past | PELISTES | my peace | the counsel of this losel pilgrim | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent peace=Theme at counsel=Location | |||
| 4 | is in a quote | past | youth | thy opinion obj; hear property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | learn in a quote | to-infinitive | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 6 | give in a quote | past · perfect | PELISTES | thee | of the training | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme | |||
| 7 | pacify in a quote | my | nom peace «state transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 8 | opine in a quote | thy | nom opinion «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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