Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Ancient Inhabitants of Spain.—of the Misrule of Witiza the Wicked., sentence 34
[3] “We will adorn our damsels,” said he, “with the jewels of Rome, and replenish our coffers from the mint of St. Peter.”
Who acts: 3, Witiza · What happens: adorn, say, replenish · To what, where: damsels, coffers, mint · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Of the Ancient Inhabitants of Spain.—of the Misrule of Witiza the Wicked.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (3, Witiza), 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 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 7 adorn | punct |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 adorn | nsubj |
| 3 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 2 3 | punct |
| 4 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 adorn | punct |
| 5 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 adorn | nsubj |
| 6 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 adorn | aux |
| 7 | adorn | adorn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 said | ccomp |
| 8 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 damsels | nmod:poss |
| 9 | damsels | damsel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 adorn | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 adorn | punct |
| 11 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 adorn | punct |
| 12 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 said | nsubj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 replenish | punct |
| 15 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 replenish | punct |
| 16 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 jewels | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 jewels | det |
| 18 | jewels | jewel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 replenish | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 Rome | case |
| 20 | Rome | Rome | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 jewels | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 replenish | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 replenish | cc |
| 23 | replenish | replenish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 said | ccomp |
| 24 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 coffers | nmod:poss |
| 25 | coffers | coffer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 replenish | obj |
| 26 | from | from | ADP | _ | 28 mint | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 mint | det |
| 28 | mint | mint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 replenish | obl |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 Peter | case |
| 30 | St. | St. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 Peter | nmod:desc |
| 31 | Peter | Peter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 mint | nmod |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 23 replenish | punct |
| 33 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 23 replenish | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | adorn in a quote | future | 3 | our damsels | We nsubj | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme damsel=Destination | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Witiza | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | replenish in a quote | infinitive | our coffers | the mint of Peter St. | with the jewels of Rome | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent coffer=Destination with jewel=Theme |
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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