Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Field of Battle After the Defeat.—the Fate of Roderick., sentence 31
It was even affirmed that he had taken refuge, with many of his host, in an island of the “Ocean sea,” from whence he might yet return, once more to elevate his standard, and battle for the recovery of his throne.
Who acts: Spain, throne · What happens: affirm, take, return, elevate, recover · To what, where: tradition, refuge, more, standard
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 (Spain, throne), 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 affirmed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 affirmed | aux:pass |
| 3 | even | even | ADV | _ | 4 affirmed | advmod |
| 4 | affirmed | affirm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 taken | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 taken | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 taken | aux |
| 8 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 affirmed | advcl |
| 9 | refuge | refuge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 taken | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 host | punct |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 host | case |
| 12 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 host | amod |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 host | case |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 host | nmod:poss |
| 15 | host | host | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 taken | parataxis |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 island | punct |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 island | case |
| 18 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 island | det |
| 19 | island | island | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 host | appos |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 sea | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 sea | det |
| 22 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 sea | punct |
| 23 | Ocean | Ocean | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 sea | compound |
| 24 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 island | nmod |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 island | punct |
| 26 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 host | punct |
| 27 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 32 return | mark |
| 28 | whence | whence | ADV | PronType=Int | 32 return | advmod |
| 29 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 return | nsubj |
| 30 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 32 return | aux |
| 31 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 32 return | advmod |
| 32 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 host | acl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 more | punct |
| 34 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 35 more | advmod |
| 35 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 32 return | obj |
| 36 | to | to | PART | _ | 37 elevate | mark |
| 37 | elevate | elevate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 35 more | acl |
| 38 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 standard | nmod:poss |
| 39 | standard | standard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 elevate | obj |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 42 battle | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 battle | cc |
| 42 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 more | obl |
| 43 | for | for | ADP | _ | 45 recovery | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 recovery | det |
| 45 | recovery | recovery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 battle | nmod |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 48 throne | case |
| 47 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 throne | nmod:poss |
| 48 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 recovery | nmod |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 affirmed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | affirm | past · passive | tradition | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | take | past · perfect | Spain | refuge | Spain's many host parataxis | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent refuge=Theme | |||
| 3 | return | might | Spain | more battle for the recovery of Spain's throne | yet | whence property | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme | ||
| 4 | elevate | to-infinitive | Spain's standard | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent standard=Theme | |||||
| 5 | recover | Spain's throne | nom recovery «event intransitive»: of=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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