Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Field of Battle After the Defeat.—the Fate of Roderick., sentence 22
It seems generally admitted that Orelia, the favourite war-horse of Don Roderick, was found entangled in a marsh on the borders of the Guadalete, with the sandals and mantle and royal insignia of the king lying close by him.
Who acts: Orelia, king · What happens: admit, find, entangle, lie · To what, where: Rodrigo, Orelia
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 (Orelia, 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 admitted | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | seems | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 admitted | aux |
| 3 | generally | generally | ADV | _ | 4 admitted | advmod |
| 4 | admitted | admit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 18 found | mark |
| 6 | Orelia | Orelia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 found | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 horse | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 horse | det |
| 9 | favourite | favourite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 horse | amod |
| 10 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 horse | compound |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 war | punct |
| 12 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Orelia | appos |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 Don | case |
| 14 | Don | Don | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 horse | nmod |
| 15 | Roderick | Roderick | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Don | flat |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Orelia | punct |
| 17 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 found | aux:pass |
| 18 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 admitted | advcl |
| 19 | entangled | entangle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 found | xcomp |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 marsh | case |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 marsh | det |
| 22 | marsh | marsh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 entangled | obl |
| 23 | on | on | ADP | _ | 25 borders | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 borders | det |
| 25 | borders | border | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 marsh | nmod |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 Guadalete | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 Guadalete | det |
| 28 | Guadalete | Guadalete | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 borders | nmod |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 sandals | punct |
| 30 | with | with | ADP | _ | 32 sandals | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 sandals | det |
| 32 | sandals | sandal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 found | obl |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 mantle | cc |
| 34 | mantle | mantle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 sandals | conj |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 insignia | cc |
| 36 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 insignia | amod |
| 37 | insignia | insignia | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 sandals | conj |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 king | case |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 king | det |
| 40 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 insignia | nmod |
| 41 | lying | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 40 king | acl |
| 42 | close | close | ADV | Degree=Pos | 41 lying | advmod |
| 43 | by | by | ADP | _ | 44 him | case |
| 44 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 lying | obl |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 admitted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | admit speech: other | present · passive | Rodrigo | generally property | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | find | past · passive | Orelia | with the sandals and mantle and royal insignia of the king | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | entangle | participle | Orelia not said here | in a marsh on the borders of the Guadalete | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in marsh=Theme | ||||
| 4 | lie | gerund | the king not said here | by Orelia; close property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by he=Location |
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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