Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter I., sentence 18
While Taric was pushing his triumphant course through Andalusia, tidings of his stupendous victory on the banks of the Guadalete were carried to Muza ben Nozier.
Who acts: Taric · What happens: push, carry · To what, where: triumphant course, Andalusia, tidings, Muza ben
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 (Taric), 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 | While | while | SCONJ | _ | 4 pushing | mark |
| 2 | Taric | Taric | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 pushing | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 pushing | aux |
| 4 | pushing | push | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 23 carried | advcl |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 course | nmod:poss |
| 6 | triumphant | triumphant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 course | amod |
| 7 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pushing | obj |
| 8 | through | through | ADP | _ | 9 Andalusia | case |
| 9 | Andalusia | Andalusia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 pushing | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 pushing | punct |
| 11 | tidings | tiding | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 carried | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 victory | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 victory | nmod:poss |
| 14 | stupendous | stupendous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 victory | amod |
| 15 | victory | victory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 tidings | nmod |
| 16 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 banks | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 banks | det |
| 18 | banks | bank | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 victory | nmod |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 Guadalete | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Guadalete | det |
| 21 | Guadalete | Guadalete | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 banks | nmod |
| 22 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 carried | aux:pass |
| 23 | carried | carry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 ben | case |
| 25 | Muza | Muza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 ben | compound |
| 26 | ben | ben | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 carried | obl |
| 27 | Nozier | Nozier | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 ben | appos |
| 28 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 23 carried | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push | past · progressive | Taric | spoil's triumphant course | Andalusia | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent course=Theme through andalusia=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | carry | past · passive | tidings of spoil's stupendous victory on the banks of the Guadalete | Muza ben | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to ben=Destination |
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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