Legends of the conquest of Spain, Capture of Granada.—subjugation of the Alpuxarra Mountains., sentence 11
The flower of its youth had perished in the battle of the Guadalete; many of the principal inhabitants had fled to the mountains, and few remained in the city excepting old men, women, and children, and a number of Jews, which last were well disposed to take part with the conquerors.
Who acts: many, number · What happens: perish, flee, remain, except, last, dispose · To what, where: flower, battle, children, mountains, city, old men
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Capture of Granada.—subjugation of the Alpuxarra Mountains.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (many, number), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 flower | det |
| 2 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 perished | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 youth | case |
| 4 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 youth | nmod:poss |
| 5 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 flower | nmod |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 perished | aux |
| 7 | perished | perish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 battle | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 battle | det |
| 10 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 perished | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Guadalete | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Guadalete | det |
| 13 | Guadalete | guadalete | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 battle | nmod |
| 14 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 fled | punct |
| 15 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 fled | nsubj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 inhabitants | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 inhabitants | det |
| 18 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 inhabitants | amod |
| 19 | inhabitants | inhabitant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 many | nmod |
| 20 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 fled | aux |
| 21 | fled | flee | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 perished | conj |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 mountains | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 mountains | det |
| 24 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 fled | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 remained | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 remained | cc |
| 27 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 remained | amod |
| 28 | remained | remain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 fled | conj |
| 29 | in | in | ADP | _ | 31 city | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 city | det |
| 31 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 remained | obl |
| 32 | excepting | except | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 28 remained | advcl |
| 33 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 men | amod |
| 34 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 excepting | obj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 women | punct |
| 36 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 men | conj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 children | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 39 children | cc |
| 39 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 fled | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 number | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 number | cc |
| 42 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 43 number | det |
| 43 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 disposed | parataxis |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 Jews | case |
| 45 | Jews | Jew | PROPN | Number=Plur | 43 number | nmod |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 last | punct |
| 47 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 48 last | nsubj |
| 48 | last | last | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 43 number | parataxis |
| 49 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 51 disposed | aux:pass |
| 50 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 51 disposed | advmod |
| 51 | disposed | dispose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 perished | advcl |
| 52 | to | to | PART | _ | 53 take | mark |
| 53 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 51 disposed | xcomp |
| 54 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 take | obj |
| 55 | with | with | ADP | _ | 57 conquerors | case |
| 56 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 57 conquerors | det |
| 57 | conquerors | conqueror | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 take | obl |
| 58 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 perished | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | perish | past · perfect · passive | the flower of flower's youth | the battle of the Guadalete | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | flee | past · perfect | many of the principal inhabitants | children | the mountains | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to mountain=Initial_Location | |||
| 3 | remain | participle | many of the principal inhabitants not said here | the city | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in city=Location | ||||
| 4 | except | gerund | many of the principal inhabitants not said here | old men and women | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | last | present | a number of Jews | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | dispose | past · passive | a number of Jews parataxis; well property | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | take | to-infinitive | part | with the conquerors | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme | ||||
| 8 | battle | the Guadalete | nom battle «act transitive»: of=patient |
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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