Legends of the conquest of Spain, Expedition of Magued Against Cordova.—defence of the Patriot Pelistes., sentence 19
“And the walls and gates,” said Magued, “are they strong and well guarded?”
Who acts: walls · What happens: say, be, guard · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (walls), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 said | punct |
| 2 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 walls | cc |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 walls | det |
| 4 | walls | wall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 said | nsubj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 gates | cc |
| 6 | gates | gate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 walls | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 walls | punct |
| 8 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 walls | punct |
| 9 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | Magued | Magued | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 said | nsubj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 strong | punct |
| 12 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 strong | punct |
| 13 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 strong | cop |
| 14 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 strong | nsubj |
| 15 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 said | ccomp |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 guarded | cc |
| 17 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 18 guarded | advmod |
| 18 | guarded | guard | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 strong | conj |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 15 strong | punct |
| 20 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: ask | past | the walls and gates | Magued nsubj | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | walls = wall | strong property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | guard in a quote | participle | walls = wall not said here | well property | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=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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