Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter I., sentence 14

His gaunt and sinewy form, his fiery eye, his visage seamed with scars, were suited to the hardihood of his deeds; and when mounted on his foaming steed, careering the field of battle with quivering lance or flashing scimitar, his Arabs would greet him with shouts of enthusiasm.

Who acts: Arabs, spoil · What happens: seam, suit, mount, career, quiver, flash · To what, where: visage, gaunt form, foaming steed, field, lance, scimitar

This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter I.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Arabs, spoil), 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	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 form	nmod:poss
2	gaunt	gaunt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 form	amod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 sinewy	cc
4	sinewy	sinewy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 gaunt	conj
5	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 suited	nsubj:pass
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 eye	punct
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 eye	nmod:poss
8	fiery	fiery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 eye	amod
9	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 form	appos
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 visage	punct
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 visage	nmod:poss
12	visage	visage	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 form	conj
13	seamed	seam	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 visage	acl
14	with	with	ADP	_	15 scars	case
15	scars	scar	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 seamed	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 form	punct
17	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 suited	aux:pass
18	suited	suit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
19	to	to	ADP	_	21 hardihood	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 hardihood	det
21	hardihood	hardihood	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 suited	obl
22	of	of	ADP	_	24 deeds	case
23	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	24 deeds	nmod:poss
24	deeds	deed	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 hardihood	nmod
25	;	;	PUNCT	_	28 mounted	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 mounted	cc
27	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	28 mounted	advmod
28	mounted	mount	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 suited	conj
29	on	on	ADP	_	32 steed	case
30	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	32 steed	nmod:poss
31	foaming	foaming	NOUN	Number=Sing	32 steed	compound
32	steed	steed	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 mounted	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 careering	punct
34	careering	career	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	28 mounted	advcl
35	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 field	det
36	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 careering	obj
37	of	of	ADP	_	38 battle	case
38	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 field	nmod
39	with	with	SCONJ	_	40 quivering	mark
40	quivering	quiver	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	34 careering	advcl
41	lance	lance	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 quivering	obj
42	or	or	CCONJ	_	43 flashing	cc
43	flashing	flash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	40 quivering	conj
44	scimitar	scimitar	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 flashing	obj
45	,	,	PUNCT	_	49 greet	punct
46	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	47 Arabs	nmod:poss
47	Arabs	Arab	PROPN	Number=Plur	49 greet	nsubj
48	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	49 greet	aux
49	greet	greet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 suited	parataxis
50	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	49 greet	obj
51	with	with	ADP	_	52 shouts	case
52	shouts	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	49 greet	parataxis
53	of	of	ADP	_	54 enthusiasm	case
54	enthusiasm	enthusiasm	NOUN	Number=Sing	52 shouts	obl
55	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 suited	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	seam	participle		spoil's visage not said here			with scars	tree rules
2	suit	past · passive		spoil's gaunt form and spoil's visage			to the hardihood of spoil's deeds	tree rules
3	mount	participle				spoil's foaming steed		vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on steed=Destination
4	career	gerund		the field of battle				tree rules
5	quiver	gerund		lance				vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location lance=Theme
6	flash	gerund		scimitar				vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent scimitar=Theme
7	greet speech: greet	would	spoil's Arabs		spoil			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
8	shout speech: express	present					of enthusiasm	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
9	form		spoil					nom form «communication 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, Chapter I., sentence 14

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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter I., sentence 14