Legends of the conquest of Spain, Expedition of Magued Against Cordova.—defence of the Patriot Pelistes., sentence 13
Pelistes, though he saw himself thus deserted by those who had the greatest interest in the safety of the city, yet determined not to abandon its defence.
Who acts: Pelistes, safety · What happens: see, desert, have, determine, not abandon, defend · To what, where: Pelistes, greatest interest, safety, defence
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 (Pelistes, safety), 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 | Pelistes | Pelistes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 saw | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 saw | punct |
| 3 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 5 saw | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 saw | nsubj |
| 5 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 saw | obj |
| 7 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 8 deserted | advmod |
| 8 | deserted | desert | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 saw | xcomp |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 those | case |
| 10 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 8 deserted | obl |
| 11 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 had | nsubj |
| 12 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 those | acl:relcl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 interest | det |
| 14 | greatest | great | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 15 interest | amod |
| 15 | interest | interest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 had | obj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 safety | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 safety | det |
| 18 | safety | safety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 interest | nmod |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 city | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 city | det |
| 21 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 safety | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 determined | punct |
| 23 | yet | yet | CCONJ | _ | 24 determined | cc |
| 24 | determined | determine | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 saw | conj |
| 25 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 27 abandon | advmod |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 abandon | mark |
| 27 | abandon | abandon | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 24 determined | xcomp |
| 28 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 defence | nmod:poss |
| 29 | defence | defence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 abandon | obj |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 saw | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | Pelistes | Pelistes | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | desert | participle | Pelistes not said here | by those; thus property | vn leave-51.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | have | past | the greatest interest | the safety of the city | who nsubj | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interest=Patient | |||
| 4 | determine | participle | Pelistes not said here | vn discover-84 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | not abandon | to-infinitive | Pelistes not said here | safety's defence | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Theme defence=Source | ||||
| 6 | defend | safety | nom defence «process 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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