Legends of the conquest of Spain, Last Day of the Battle., sentence 27
Forward bravely to the fight; your families are behind you praying for your success; the invaders of your country are before you; God is above to bless his holy cause, and your king leads you to the field.”
Who acts: families, God, king · What happens: pray, be, lead, cause · To what, where: invaders, you, field
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 (families, God, king), 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 | Forward | forward | ADV | _ | 2 bravely | advmod |
| 2 | bravely | bravely | ADV | _ | 12 praying | advmod |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 fight | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 fight | det |
| 5 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bravely | obl |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 2 bravely | punct |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 families | nmod:poss |
| 8 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 praying | nsubj |
| 9 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 praying | aux |
| 10 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 12 praying | mark |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 praying | nsubj |
| 12 | praying | pray | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 success | case |
| 14 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 success | nmod:poss |
| 15 | success | success | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 praying | obl |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 invaders | punct |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 invaders | det |
| 18 | invaders | invader | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 praying | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 country | case |
| 20 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 country | nmod:poss |
| 21 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 invaders | nmod |
| 22 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 invaders | acl:relcl |
| 23 | before | before | ADP | _ | 24 you | case |
| 24 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 22 are | obl |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 bless | punct |
| 26 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 bless | nsubj |
| 27 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 bless | cop |
| 28 | above | above | ADV | _ | 30 bless | advmod |
| 29 | to | to | PART | _ | 30 bless | mark |
| 30 | bless | bless | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 praying | parataxis |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 33 cause | nmod:poss |
| 32 | holy | holy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 cause | amod |
| 33 | cause | cause | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 bless | obj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 leads | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 leads | cc |
| 36 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 king | nmod:poss |
| 37 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 leads | nsubj |
| 38 | leads | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 bless | conj |
| 39 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 38 leads | obj |
| 40 | to | to | ADP | _ | 42 field | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 field | det |
| 42 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 leads | obl |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 30 bless | punct |
| 44 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 30 bless | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pray | present · progressive | your families | the invaders of your country | for your success; you nsubj; bravely property | vn long-32.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Pivot for success=Theme | |||
| 2 | is | present | God | God's holy cause obj; above, bless property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | lead | present | your king | you | the field | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to field=Destination | |||
| 4 | cause | God | nom cause «event 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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