Legends of the conquest of Spain, Expedition of Magued Against Cordova.—defence of the Patriot Pelistes., sentence 17
While they were yet at some distance from the city, their scouts brought to them a shepherd, whom they had surprised on the banks of the Guadalquivir.
Who acts: Christians, scouts · What happens: be, bring, surprise · To what, where: city, shepherd, Christians, banks
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 (Christians, scouts), 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 | _ | 7 distance | mark |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 distance | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 distance | cop |
| 4 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 7 distance | advmod |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 distance | case |
| 6 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 distance | det |
| 7 | distance | distance | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 city | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 city | det |
| 10 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 distance | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 scouts | punct |
| 12 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 scouts | nmod:poss |
| 13 | scouts | scout | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 city | appos |
| 14 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 scouts | acl |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 them | case |
| 16 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 brought | obl |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 shepherd | det |
| 18 | shepherd | shepherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 brought | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 surprised | punct |
| 20 | whom | whom | PRON | PronType=Rel | 23 surprised | obj |
| 21 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 surprised | nsubj:pass |
| 22 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 surprised | aux |
| 23 | surprised | surprise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 shepherd | acl:relcl |
| 24 | on | on | ADP | _ | 26 banks | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 banks | det |
| 26 | banks | bank | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 surprised | obl |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 Guadalquivir | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 Guadalquivir | det |
| 29 | Guadalquivir | Guadalquivir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 banks | nmod |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 distance | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Christians = christian | the city | yet | at some distance | tree rules | ||
| 2 | bring | participle | Christians's scouts not said here | a shepherd | Christians = christian | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent shepherd=Theme to they=Destination | |||
| 3 | surprise | past · perfect · passive | Christians = christian | the banks of the Guadalquivir | a shepherd obj | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer whom=Result |
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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