Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Cave of Hercules., sentence 49

Rambling about Toledo in the year 1826, in company with a small knot of antiquity hunters, among whom was an eminent British painter[29], and an English nobleman[30], who has since distinguished himself in Spanish historical research, we directed our steps to the church of San Gines, and inquired for the portal of the secret cavern.

Who acts: we, our · What happens: ramble, be, distinguish, direct, inquire, step · To what, where: company, eminent British painter, English nobleman, Spanish historical research, steps

This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, The Cave of Hercules.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (we, our), 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	Rambling	ramble	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	49 directed	advcl
2	about	about	ADP	_	3 Toledo	case
3	Toledo	Toledo	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Rambling	obl
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 year	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 year	det
6	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rambling	obl
7	1826	1826	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 year	flat
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 company	punct
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 company	case
10	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Rambling	obl
11	with	with	ADP	_	14 knot	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 knot	det
13	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 knot	amod
14	knot	knot	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 company	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 hunters	case
16	antiquity	antiquity	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 hunters	compound
17	hunters	hunter	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 knot	nmod
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 painter	punct
19	among	among	ADP	_	20 whom	case
20	whom	whom	PRON	PronType=Rel	25 painter	obl
21	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 painter	cop
22	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 painter	det
23	eminent	eminent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 painter	amod
24	British	British	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 painter	amod
25	painter	painter	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 hunters	nmod
26	[	[	PUNCT	_	27 29	punct
27	29	29	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	25 painter	appos
28	]	]	PUNCT	_	27 29	punct
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 distinguished	punct
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	41 distinguished	cc
31	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	33 nobleman	det
32	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 nobleman	amod
33	nobleman	nobleman	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 distinguished	nsubj:pass
34	[	[	PUNCT	_	35 30	punct
35	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	33 nobleman	appos
36	]	]	PUNCT	_	35 30	punct
37	,	,	PUNCT	_	41 distinguished	punct
38	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	41 distinguished	nsubj:pass
39	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	41 distinguished	aux
40	since	since	ADV	_	41 distinguished	advmod
41	distinguished	distinguish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Rambling	advcl
42	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	41 distinguished	obj
43	in	in	ADP	_	46 research	case
44	Spanish	Spanish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 research	amod
45	historical	historical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	46 research	amod
46	research	research	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 distinguished	obl
47	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Rambling	punct
48	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	49 directed	nsubj
49	directed	direct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
50	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	51 steps	nmod:poss
51	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	49 directed	obj
52	to	to	ADP	_	54 church	case
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 church	det
54	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 directed	obl
55	of	of	ADP	_	57 Gines	case
56	San	San	PROPN	Number=Sing	57 Gines	compound
57	Gines	Gine	PROPN	Number=Plur	54 church	nmod
58	,	,	PUNCT	_	60 inquired	punct
59	and	and	CCONJ	_	60 inquired	cc
60	inquired	inquire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	49 directed	conj
61	for	for	ADP	_	63 portal	case
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 portal	det
63	portal	portal	NOUN	Number=Sing	60 inquired	obl
64	of	of	ADP	_	67 cavern	case
65	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	67 cavern	det
66	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	67 cavern	amod
67	cavern	cavern	NOUN	Number=Sing	63 portal	nmod
68	.	.	PUNCT	_	49 directed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ramble	gerund	we not said here		company with a small knot of antiquity hunters	year	about Toledo	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about toledo=Trajectory
2	is a	past		a eminent British painter			among antiquity hunters; 29 appos	tree rules
3	distinguish	present · perfect · passive		a English nobleman	Spanish historical research		who nsubj:pass; Toledo obj; since property	tree rules
4	direct	past	we	our steps			to the church of San Gines	vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent step=Eventuality
5	inquire speech: other	participle	we not said here				for the portal of the secret cavern	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	step		our					nom step «act 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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🌲 Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Cave of Hercules., sentence 49

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Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Cave of Hercules., sentence 49