Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Field of Battle After the Defeat.—the Fate of Roderick., sentence 24
When several years had passed away, and men’s minds, being restored to some degree of tranquillity, began to occupy themselves about the events of this dismal day, a rumour arose that Roderick had escaped from the carnage on the banks of the Guadalete, and was still alive.
Who acts: rumour, Roderick, men · What happens: pass away, restore, begin, occupy, arise, escape · To what, where: several years, minds, degree, dismal day, carnage
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 (rumour, Roderick, men), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 passed | advmod |
| 2 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 years | amod |
| 3 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 passed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 passed | aux |
| 5 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 passed | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 minds | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 minds | cc |
| 9 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 minds | nmod:poss |
| 10 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 9 men | case |
| 11 | minds | mind | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 passed | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 restored | punct |
| 13 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 restored | aux:pass |
| 14 | restored | restore | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 minds | acl |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 degree | case |
| 16 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 17 degree | det |
| 17 | degree | degree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 restored | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 tranquillity | case |
| 19 | tranquillity | tranquillity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 degree | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 began | punct |
| 21 | began | begin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 passed | conj |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 occupy | mark |
| 23 | occupy | occupy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 began | xcomp |
| 24 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 23 occupy | obj |
| 25 | about | about | ADP | _ | 27 events | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 events | det |
| 27 | events | event | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 occupy | obl |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 day | case |
| 29 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 31 day | det |
| 30 | dismal | dismal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 31 day | amod |
| 31 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 events | nmod |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 arose | punct |
| 33 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 34 rumour | det |
| 34 | rumour | rumour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 arose | nsubj |
| 35 | arose | arise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 day | acl:relcl |
| 36 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 39 escaped | mark |
| 37 | Roderick | Roderick | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 escaped | nsubj |
| 38 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 39 escaped | aux |
| 39 | escaped | escape | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 35 arose | ccomp |
| 40 | from | from | ADP | _ | 42 carnage | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 carnage | det |
| 42 | carnage | carnage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 escaped | obl |
| 43 | on | on | ADP | _ | 45 banks | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 banks | det |
| 45 | banks | bank | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 carnage | nmod |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 Guadalete | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 48 Guadalete | det |
| 48 | Guadalete | Guadalete | PROPN | Number=Sing | 45 banks | nmod |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 alive | punct |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 alive | cc |
| 51 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 alive | cop |
| 52 | still | still | ADV | _ | 53 alive | advmod |
| 53 | alive | alive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 began | conj |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 passed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass away | past · perfect · passive | several years | men's minds obl; away property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | restore | gerund · passive | men's minds not said here | some degree of tranquillity | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: to degree=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | begin | past | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||||
| 4 | occupy | to-infinitive | minds = mind | about the events of this dismal day | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus themselves=Experiencer | ||||
| 5 | arise | past | a rumour | this dismal day not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | escape | past · perfect | Roderick | the carnage on the banks of the Guadalete | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from carnage=Initial_Location | ||||
| 7 | is | past | still | alive property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | mind | men | nom mind «cognition 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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