Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Field of Battle After the Defeat.—the Fate of Roderick., sentence 21
The learned Archbishop Rodrigo, who has recorded the events of this disastrous field, affirms that Roderick fell beneath the vengeful blade of the traitor Julian, and thus expiated with his blood his crime against the hapless Florinda; but the archbishop stands alone in his record of the fact.
Who acts: learned Archbishop Rodrigo, Roderick, archbishop · What happens: learn, record, affirm, fall, expiate, stand · To what, where: events, vengeful blade, crime, record, fact
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, The Field of Battle After the Defeat.—the Fate of Roderick.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (learned Archbishop Rodrigo, Roderick, archbishop), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Rodrigo | det |
| 2 | learned | learn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 Rodrigo | amod |
| 3 | Archbishop | Archbishop | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Rodrigo | compound |
| 4 | Rodrigo | Rodrigo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 affirms | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 recorded | punct |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 recorded | nsubj |
| 7 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 recorded | aux |
| 8 | recorded | record | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 Rodrigo | acl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 events | det |
| 10 | events | event | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 recorded | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 field | case |
| 12 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 field | det |
| 13 | disastrous | disastrous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 field | amod |
| 14 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 events | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Rodrigo | punct |
| 16 | affirms | affirm | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 19 fell | mark |
| 18 | Roderick | Roderick | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 fell | nsubj |
| 19 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 affirms | ccomp |
| 20 | beneath | beneath | ADP | _ | 23 blade | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 blade | det |
| 22 | vengeful | vengeful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 blade | amod |
| 23 | blade | blade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 fell | obl |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 traitor | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 traitor | det |
| 26 | traitor | traitor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 blade | nmod |
| 27 | Julian | Julian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 traitor | appos |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 expiated | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 expiated | cc |
| 30 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 31 expiated | advmod |
| 31 | expiated | expiate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 fell | conj |
| 32 | with | with | ADP | _ | 34 blood | case |
| 33 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 34 blood | nmod:poss |
| 34 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 expiated | obl |
| 35 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 crime | nmod:poss |
| 36 | crime | crime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 expiated | obj |
| 37 | against | against | ADP | _ | 40 Florinda | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 Florinda | det |
| 39 | hapless | hapless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 40 Florinda | amod |
| 40 | Florinda | Florinda | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 crime | nmod |
| 41 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 45 stands | punct |
| 42 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 45 stands | cc |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 archbishop | det |
| 44 | archbishop | archbishop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 stands | nsubj |
| 45 | stands | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 affirms | conj |
| 46 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 45 stands | advmod |
| 47 | in | in | ADP | _ | 49 record | case |
| 48 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 49 record | nmod:poss |
| 49 | record | record | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 stands | obl |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 fact | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 fact | det |
| 52 | fact | fact | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 record | nmod |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 affirms | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | participle | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | record | present · perfect | the learned Archbishop Rodrigo | the events of this disastrous field | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent event=Theme | ||||
| 3 | affirm | present | the learned Archbishop Rodrigo | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | fall | past | Roderick | the vengeful blade of the traitor | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme beneath blade=Location | ||||
| 5 | expiate | participle | Roderick not said here | Roderick's crime | with Roderick's blood; against the hapless Florinda; thus property | tree rules | |||
| 6 | stand | present | the archbishop | Roderick's record of the fact | alone property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in record=Location | |||
| 7 | incriminate | Roderick | against the hapless Florinda | nom crime «act transitive»: poss=agent against=obl | |||||
| 8 | record | Roderick | the fact | nom record «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |
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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