Legends of the conquest of Spain, Skirmishing of the Armies.—pelistes and His Son.—pelistes and the Bishop., sentence 35
“By this good sword,” said he, “the man who yields such dastard counsel deserves death from the hand of his countrymen rather than from the foe; and, were it not for the presence of the king, may I forfeit salvation if I would not strike him dead upon the spot.”
Who acts: body, man, counsel · What happens: say, yield, deserve, not be, forfeit, not strike · To what, where: such dastard counsel, death, hand, salvation, body · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (body, man, counsel), 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 | _ | 8 said | punct |
| 2 | By | by | ADP | _ | 5 sword | case |
| 3 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 sword | det |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 sword | amod |
| 5 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 said | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 sword | punct |
| 7 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 sword | punct |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 said | nsubj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 deserves | punct |
| 11 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 deserves | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 man | det |
| 13 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 deserves | nsubj |
| 14 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 yields | nsubj |
| 15 | yields | yield | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 man | acl:relcl |
| 16 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 counsel | amod |
| 17 | dastard | dastard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 counsel | compound |
| 18 | counsel | counsel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 yields | obj |
| 19 | deserves | deserve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 said | parataxis |
| 20 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 deserves | obj |
| 21 | from | from | ADP | _ | 23 hand | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 hand | det |
| 23 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 deserves | obl |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 countrymen | case |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 countrymen | nmod:poss |
| 26 | countrymen | countryman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 hand | nmod |
| 27 | rather | rather | ADV | ExtPos=CCONJ | 31 foe | cc |
| 28 | than | than | ADP | _ | 27 rather | fixed |
| 29 | from | from | ADP | _ | 31 foe | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 foe | det |
| 31 | foe | foe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 countrymen | conj |
| 32 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 presence | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 40 presence | cc |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 and | punct |
| 35 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 presence | cop |
| 36 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 presence | nsubj |
| 37 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 40 presence | advmod |
| 38 | for | for | ADP | _ | 40 presence | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 presence | det |
| 40 | presence | presence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 deserves | obl |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 king | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 king | det |
| 43 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 presence | nmod |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 forfeit | punct |
| 45 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 47 forfeit | aux |
| 46 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 47 forfeit | nsubj |
| 47 | forfeit | forfeit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 deserves | conj |
| 48 | salvation | salvation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 forfeit | obj |
| 49 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 53 strike | mark |
| 50 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 53 strike | nsubj |
| 51 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 53 strike | aux |
| 52 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 53 strike | advmod |
| 53 | strike | strike | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 47 forfeit | advcl |
| 54 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 53 strike | obj |
| 55 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 strike | xcomp |
| 56 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 58 spot | case |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 spot | det |
| 58 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 strike | obl |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
| 60 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | body | by this good sword | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | yield in a quote | present | the man | such dastard counsel | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent counsel=Theme | ||||
| 3 | deserve in a quote | present | the man | death | the hand of body's countrymen rather the foe | tree rules | |||
| 4 | not is in a quote | past | counsel | for the presence; of the king | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | forfeit in a quote | may | body | salvation | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent salvation=Theme | ||||
| 6 | not strike a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | would | body | body | upon the spot; dead property | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent he=Instrument |
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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