Legends of the conquest of Spain, Skirmishing of the Armies.—pelistes and His Son.—pelistes and the Bishop., sentence 40
“The event of this conflict,” said he, “is in the hand of God; but never shall my sword return to its scabbard while an infidel invader remains within the land.”
Who acts: event, infidel invader, my · What happens: say, be, remain, return · To what, where: sword return, hand · 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 (event, infidel invader, my), 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 | _ | 9 said | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 event | det |
| 3 | event | event | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 said | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 conflict | case |
| 5 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 conflict | det |
| 6 | conflict | conflict | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 event | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 event | punct |
| 8 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 event | punct |
| 9 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 said | nsubj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 hand | punct |
| 12 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 hand | punct |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 hand | cop |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 hand | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 hand | det |
| 16 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 said | ccomp |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 God | case |
| 18 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 hand | nmod |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 25 return | punct |
| 20 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 25 return | cc |
| 21 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 25 return | advmod |
| 22 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 25 return | aux |
| 23 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 return | nmod:poss |
| 24 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 return | compound |
| 25 | return | return | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 said | obl |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 scabbard | case |
| 27 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 scabbard | nmod:poss |
| 28 | scabbard | scabbard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 return | nmod |
| 29 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 33 remains | mark |
| 30 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 invader | det |
| 31 | infidel | infidel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 invader | compound |
| 32 | invader | invader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 remains | nsubj |
| 33 | remains | remain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 said | ccomp |
| 34 | within | within | ADP | _ | 36 land | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 land | det |
| 36 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 remains | obl |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 said | punct |
| 38 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the event of this conflict | my sword return to return's scabbard | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | the hand | of God | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | remain in a quote | present | a infidel invader | within the land | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | return in a quote | my | to return's scabbard | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl |
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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