Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Cave of Hercules., sentence 72
[9] Condes Espatorios; so called from the drawn swords of ample size and breadth, with which they kept guard in the antechambers of the Gothic kings.
Who acts: size · What happens: call, draw, keep · To what, where: drawn swords, guard, antechambers, 9 · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (size), 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 | _ | 2 9 | punct |
| 2 | 9 | 9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 3 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 2 9 | punct |
| 4 | Condes | Condes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 9 | nmod:unmarked |
| 5 | Espatorios | Espatorios | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Condes | flat |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 called | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 called | advmod |
| 8 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 9 | parataxis |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 swords | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 swords | det |
| 11 | drawn | draw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 swords | amod |
| 12 | swords | sword | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 called | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 size | case |
| 14 | ample | ample | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 size | amod |
| 15 | size | size | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 swords | nmod |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 breadth | cc |
| 17 | breadth | breadth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 size | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 kept | punct |
| 19 | with | with | ADP | _ | 20 which | case |
| 20 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 22 kept | obl |
| 21 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 kept | nsubj |
| 22 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 called | parataxis |
| 23 | guard | guard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 kept | obj |
| 24 | in | in | ADP | _ | 26 antechambers | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 antechambers | det |
| 26 | antechambers | antechamber | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 kept | obl |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 kings | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 kings | det |
| 29 | Gothic | gothic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 kings | amod |
| 30 | kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 antechambers | nmod |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 9 | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call speech: assert | participle | the drawn swords of ample size and breadth | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from sword=Source | |||||
| 2 | draw | participle | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | keep | past | size | guard | the antechambers of the Gothic kings | which obl | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent guard=Theme in antechamber=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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