Legends of the conquest of Spain, Skirmishing of the Armies.—pelistes and His Son.—pelistes and the Bishop., sentence 13
He led to the field a large body of his own vassals and retainers, and of cavaliers trained up in his house, who had followed him to the wars in Africa, and who looked up to him more as a father than a chieftain.
Who acts: force · What happens: lead, train up, follow, look up · To what, where: large body, field, cavaliers, house, force
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Skirmishing of the Armies.—pelistes and His Son.—pelistes and the Bishop.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (force), 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 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 led | nsubj |
| 2 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 field | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 field | det |
| 5 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 led | obl |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 body | det |
| 7 | large | large | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 body | amod |
| 8 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 led | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 vassals | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 vassals | nmod:poss |
| 11 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 vassals | amod |
| 12 | vassals | vassal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 body | nmod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 retainers | cc |
| 14 | retainers | retainer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 vassals | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 followed | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 followed | cc |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 cavaliers | case |
| 18 | cavaliers | cavalier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 followed | nsubj:pass |
| 19 | trained | train | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 cavaliers | acl |
| 20 | up | up | ADP | _ | 19 trained | compound:prt |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 house | case |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 house | nmod:poss |
| 23 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 trained | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 followed | punct |
| 25 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 27 followed | nsubj:pass |
| 26 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 followed | aux |
| 27 | followed | follow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 led | parataxis |
| 28 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 27 followed | obj |
| 29 | to | to | ADP | _ | 31 wars | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 wars | det |
| 31 | wars | war | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 followed | obl |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 33 Africa | case |
| 33 | Africa | Africa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 wars | nmod |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 looked | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 looked | cc |
| 36 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 37 looked | nsubj |
| 37 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 led | parataxis |
| 38 | up | up | ADP | _ | 37 looked | compound:prt |
| 39 | to | to | ADP | _ | 40 him | case |
| 40 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 looked | obl |
| 41 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 37 looked | advmod |
| 42 | as | as | ADP | _ | 44 father | case |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 44 father | det |
| 44 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 more | obl |
| 45 | than | than | ADP | _ | 47 chieftain | case |
| 46 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 chieftain | det |
| 47 | chieftain | chieftain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 father | nmod |
| 48 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 led | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lead | past | force | a large body of force's own vassals and retainers | the field | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent body=Theme to field=Destination | |||
| 2 | train up | participle | cavaliers not said here | force's house | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | follow | past · perfect · passive | cavaliers | to the wars in Africa; who nsubj:pass; force obj | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: subject=Theme he=Attribute | ||||
| 4 | look up | past | force | who nsubj | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to he=Theme |
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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