Legends of the conquest of Spain, Expedition of Magued Against Cordova.—defence of the Patriot Pelistes., sentence 11
The instant, however, that they heard of the approach of the Moslem troops, the wealthier citizens packed up their effects and fled to the mountains, or to the distant city of Toledo.
Who acts: inhabitants, wealthier citizens, Moslem troops · What happens: hear, pack up, flee, approach, effect · To what, where: wealthier citizens, effects, mountains
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Expedition of Magued Against Cordova.—defence of the Patriot Pelistes.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (inhabitants, wealthier citizens, Moslem troops), 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 instant | det |
| 2 | instant | instant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 however | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 instant | punct |
| 4 | however | however | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 heard | punct |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 heard | mark |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 heard | nsubj |
| 8 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 however | parataxis |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 approach | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 approach | det |
| 11 | approach | approach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 heard | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 troops | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 troops | det |
| 14 | Moslem | Moslem | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 troops | amod |
| 15 | troops | troops | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 11 approach | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 heard | punct |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 citizens | det |
| 18 | wealthier | wealthy | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 19 citizens | amod |
| 19 | citizens | citizen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 heard | obj |
| 20 | packed | pack | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 citizens | acl |
| 21 | up | up | ADP | _ | 20 packed | compound:prt |
| 22 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 effects | nmod:poss |
| 23 | effects | effect | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 packed | obl |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 fled | cc |
| 25 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 packed | conj |
| 26 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 mountains | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 mountains | det |
| 28 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 fled | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 34 city | punct |
| 30 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 34 city | cc |
| 31 | to | to | ADP | _ | 34 city | case |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 city | det |
| 33 | distant | distant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 city | amod |
| 34 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 fled | conj |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 Toledo | case |
| 36 | Toledo | Toledo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 34 city | nmod |
| 37 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 however | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | inhabitants = inhabitant | the wealthier citizens | of the approach of the Moslem troops | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer citizen=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | pack up | participle | the wealthier citizens not said here | inhabitants's effects | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | flee | past | the wealthier citizens not said here | the mountains | the distant city of Toledo conj | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to mountain=Initial_Location | |||
| 5 | approach | the Moslem troops | nom approach «act intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 6 | effect | inhabitants = inhabitant | nom effect «phenomenon 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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