Legends of the conquest of Spain, Traitorous Message of Count Julian., sentence 23
He was hailed by the sentinels as he approached the Christian camp, and, on giving the reply taught him by Count Julian, was conducted to the tent of the Bishop Oppas.
Who acts: sentinels, page · What happens: hail, approach, give, teach, conduct · To what, where: page, Christian camp, reply, tent
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Traitorous Message of Count Julian.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (sentinels, page), 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 | 3 hailed | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hailed | aux:pass |
| 3 | hailed | hail | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 sentinels | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sentinels | det |
| 6 | sentinels | sentinel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hailed | obl |
| 7 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 approached | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 approached | nsubj |
| 9 | approached | approach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hailed | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 camp | det |
| 11 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 camp | amod |
| 12 | camp | camp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 approached | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 taught | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 taught | cc |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 and | punct |
| 16 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 17 giving | mark |
| 17 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 20 taught | advcl |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 reply | det |
| 19 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 giving | obj |
| 20 | taught | teach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hailed | parataxis |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 taught | obj |
| 22 | by | by | ADP | _ | 24 Julian | case |
| 23 | Count | Count | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Julian | compound |
| 24 | Julian | Julian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 taught | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 conducted | punct |
| 26 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 conducted | aux:pass |
| 27 | conducted | conduct | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 taught | conj |
| 28 | to | to | ADP | _ | 30 tent | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 tent | det |
| 30 | tent | tent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 conducted | obl |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 Oppas | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Oppas | det |
| 33 | Bishop | Bishop | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 Oppas | compound |
| 34 | Oppas | Oppas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 tent | nmod |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 hailed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hail | past · passive | the sentinels | page | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | approach | past | page | the Christian camp | vn confront-98 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent camp=Theme | ||||
| 3 | give | gerund | the reply | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reply=Theme | |||||
| 4 | teach speech: other | past | page | by Count Julian | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | conduct | past · passive | the tent of the Bishop Oppas | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to tent=Destination |
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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