Legends of the conquest of Spain, Skirmishing of the Armies.—pelistes and His Son.—pelistes and the Bishop., sentence 7
There was hot skirmishing about the field, and on the banks of the river; many gallant feats were displayed on either side, and many valiant warriors were slain.
Who acts: many valiant warriors · What happens: be, skirmish, display · To what, where: many gallant feats, side, banks
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 (many valiant warriors), 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 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 was | expl |
| 2 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 was | xcomp |
| 4 | skirmishing | skirmish | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 hot | advcl |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 field | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 field | det |
| 7 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 skirmishing | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 slain | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 slain | cc |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 banks | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 banks | det |
| 12 | banks | bank | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 slain | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 river | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 river | det |
| 15 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 banks | nmod |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 displayed | punct |
| 17 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 feats | amod |
| 18 | gallant | gallant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 feats | amod |
| 19 | feats | feat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 displayed | nsubj |
| 20 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 displayed | aux:pass |
| 21 | displayed | display | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 banks | acl |
| 22 | on | on | ADP | _ | 24 side | case |
| 23 | either | either | DET | PronType=Ind | 24 side | det |
| 24 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 displayed | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 slain | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 slain | cc |
| 27 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 warriors | amod |
| 28 | valiant | valiant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 warriors | amod |
| 29 | warriors | warrior | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 slain | nsubj |
| 30 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 slain | cop |
| 31 | slain | slain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 was | conj |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 was | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | past | there | hot property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | skirmish | gerund | about the field | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.theme NP S_ING»: agent=Agent about field=Theme | |||||
| 3 | display | past · passive | many gallant feats | either side | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 4 | is | past | many valiant warriors | the banks of the river | slain property | tree rules |
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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