Legends of the conquest of Spain, Capture of Granada.—subjugation of the Alpuxarra Mountains., sentence 22
The inhabitants of the surrounding country had fled to these natural fastnesses for refuge, and driven thither their flocks and herds.
What happens: flee, drive · To what, where: inhabitants, flocks
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: 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 inhabitants | det |
| 2 | inhabitants | inhabitant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 fled | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 country | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 country | det |
| 5 | surrounding | surrounding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 country | compound |
| 6 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 inhabitants | nmod |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 fled | aux |
| 8 | fled | flee | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 fastnesses | case |
| 10 | these | this | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 12 fastnesses | det |
| 11 | natural | natural | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 fastnesses | amod |
| 12 | fastnesses | fastness | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 fled | obl |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 refuge | case |
| 14 | refuge | refuge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 fastnesses | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 driven | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 driven | cc |
| 17 | driven | drive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 fled | conj |
| 18 | thither | thither | ADV | _ | 17 driven | advmod |
| 19 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 flocks | nmod:poss |
| 20 | flocks | flock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 driven | obj |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 herds | cc |
| 22 | herds | herd | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 flocks | conj |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 fled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flee | past · perfect · passive | the inhabitants of the surrounding country | to this natural fastnesses for refuge | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | drive | participle | inhabitants's flocks and herds | thither property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme flock=Trajectory |
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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