Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIV., sentence 40
As to this pilgrim, be he saint or be he devil, I care not; this much I promise, that if I am to die in defence of my country and my king, my life shall be a costly purchase to the foe.
Who acts: pilgrim, I, this, life · What happens: be, not care, promise, die, defend · To what, where: devil, costly purchase, country · 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 (pilgrim, I, this, life), 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 | As | as | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 4 pilgrim | case |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 1 As | fixed |
| 3 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 pilgrim | det |
| 4 | pilgrim | pilgrim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 saint | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 pilgrim | punct |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 saint | cop |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 saint | nsubj |
| 8 | saint | saint | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 devil | cc |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 devil | cop |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 devil | nsubj |
| 12 | devil | devil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 saint | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 care | punct |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 care | nsubj |
| 15 | care | care | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 saint | advcl |
| 16 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 care | advmod |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 promise | punct |
| 18 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 21 promise | nsubj |
| 19 | much | much | ADV | _ | 21 promise | advmod |
| 20 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 promise | nsubj |
| 21 | promise | promise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 saint | parataxis |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 die | punct |
| 23 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 28 die | mark |
| 24 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 26 am | mark |
| 25 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 26 am | nsubj |
| 26 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 die | advcl |
| 27 | to | to | PART | _ | 28 die | mark |
| 28 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 promise | ccomp |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 30 defence | case |
| 30 | defence | defence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 die | obl |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 country | case |
| 32 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 country | nmod:poss |
| 33 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 defence | nmod |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 king | cc |
| 35 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 king | nmod:poss |
| 36 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 country | conj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 purchase | punct |
| 38 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 life | nmod:poss |
| 39 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 purchase | nsubj |
| 40 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 44 purchase | aux |
| 41 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 44 purchase | cop |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 purchase | det |
| 43 | costly | costly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 purchase | amod |
| 44 | purchase | purchase | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 die | obl |
| 45 | to | to | ADP | _ | 47 foe | case |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 foe | det |
| 47 | foe | foe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 purchase | nmod |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 saint | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | infinitive | pilgrim | as this pilgrim; saint property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | infinitive | pilgrim | devil | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not care | present | I | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | promise speech: promise | present | this | I nsubj | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 5 | die not said to happen | to-infinitive | in defence of my country and my king | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in defence=Attribute | |||||
| 6 | is a | shall | my life | a costly purchase | to the foe | tree rules | |||
| 7 | defend | my country and my king | nom defence «process transitive»: of=patient |
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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