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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Last Day of the Battle., sentence 21

A thousand youthful cavaliers surrounded the car; all of the noblest blood and bravest spirit; all knighted by the king’s own hand, and sworn to defend him to the last.

Who acts: thousand youthful cavaliers, own hand · What happens: surround, knight, swear, defend · To what, where: car, all, king, thousand youthful cavaliers

This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Last Day of the Battle.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (thousand youthful cavaliers, own hand), 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

detnummodamodacldetobjpunctnsubjcasedetamodconjccamodconjpunctnsubj:passparataxiscasedetnmod:posscaseamodoblpunctccconjmarkxcompobjcasedetoblpunctrootADETthousandNUMyouthfulADJcavaliersNOUNsurroundedVERBtheDETcarNOUN;PUNCTallDETofADPtheDETnoblestADJbloodNOUNandCCONJbravestADJspiritNOUN;PUNCTallDETknightedVERBbyADPtheDETkingNOUN’sPARTownADJhandNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJswornVERBtoPARTdefendVERBhimPRONtoADPtheDETlastADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 thousanddet
2thousandthousandNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card4 cavaliersnummod
3youthfulyouthfulADJDegree=Pos4 cavaliersamod
4cavalierscavalierNOUNNumber=Plurrootroot
5surroundedsurroundVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 cavaliersacl
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 cardet
7carcarNOUNNumber=Sing5 surroundedobj
8;;PUNCT_13 bloodpunct
9allallDETPronType=Tot13 bloodnsubj
10ofofADP_13 bloodcase
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 blooddet
12noblestnobleADJDegree=Sup13 bloodamod
13bloodbloodNOUNNumber=Sing4 cavaliersconj
14andandCCONJ_16 spiritcc
15bravestbraveADJDegree=Sup16 spiritamod
16spiritspiritNOUNNumber=Sing13 bloodconj
17;;PUNCT_19 knightedpunct
18allallDETPronType=Tot19 knightednsubj:pass
19knightedknightVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass4 cavaliersparataxis
20bybyADP_25 handcase
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 kingdet
22kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing25 handnmod:poss
23’s'sPART_22 kingcase
24ownownADJDegree=Pos25 handamod
25handhandNOUNNumber=Sing19 knightedobl
26,,PUNCT_28 swornpunct
27andandCCONJ_28 sworncc
28swornswearVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass19 knightedconj
29totoPART_30 defendmark
30defenddefendVERBVerbForm=Inf28 swornxcomp
31himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs30 defendobj
32totoADP_34 lastcase
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 lastdet
34lastlastADJDegree=Pos30 defendobl
35..PUNCT_4 cavalierspunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1surroundparticiplethousand youthful cavaliers and the noblest blood and bravest spirit not said herethe carvn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme car=Co-Theme
2knightparticiple · passivethe king's own handallvn orphan-29.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
3swearparticiplethe king's own hand not said herevn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4defendto-infinitivethe king's own hand not said herekingto the lastvn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary

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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