Legends of the conquest of Spain, Traitorous Message of Count Julian., sentence 9
“Thou knowest, my trusty page,” said he, “that I have reared thee in my household, and cherished thee above all thy companions.
Who acts: Thou, page, my · What happens: know, say, rear, cherish, page · To what, where: trusty page, thee, companions · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Thou, page, 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 | _ | 3 knowest | punct |
| 2 | Thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 3 knowest | nsubj |
| 3 | knowest | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 said | ccomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 knowest | punct |
| 5 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 page | nmod:poss |
| 6 | trusty | trusty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 page | amod |
| 7 | page | page | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 knowest | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 knowest | punct |
| 9 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 knowest | punct |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 said | nsubj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 reared | punct |
| 13 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 reared | punct |
| 14 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 17 reared | mark |
| 15 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 reared | nsubj |
| 16 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 reared | aux |
| 17 | reared | rear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 10 said | conj |
| 18 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 17 reared | obj |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 household | case |
| 20 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 household | nmod:poss |
| 21 | household | household | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 reared | obl:agent |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 cherished | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 cherished | cc |
| 24 | cherished | cherish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 said | conj |
| 25 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 24 cherished | obj |
| 26 | above | above | ADP | _ | 29 companions | case |
| 27 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 29 companions | det |
| 28 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 29 companions | nmod:poss |
| 29 | companions | companion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 cherished | obl |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know in a quote | present | Thou | my trusty page | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer page=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | page | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | rear in a quote | present · perfect | page | thee | my household obl:agent | vn rear-26.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thou=Patient | |||
| 4 | cherish in a quote | past | page not said here | thee | thy companions | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer thou=Stimulus | |||
| 5 | page in a quote | my | nom page «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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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