Legends of the conquest of Spain, Expedition of Magued Against Cordova.—defence of the Patriot Pelistes., sentence 4
In the midst of their consternation, the Gothic noble, Pelistes, arrived at their gates, haggard with fatigue of body and anguish of mind, and leading a remnant of his devoted cavaliers, who had survived the dreadful battle of the Guadalete.
Who acts: devoted cavaliers · What happens: arrive, anguish, lead, survive, fatigue, battle · To what, where: midst, remnant, dreadful battle, body, Guadalete
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 (devoted cavaliers), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 midst | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 midst | det |
| 3 | midst | midst | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 arrived | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 consternation | case |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 consternation | nmod:poss |
| 6 | consternation | consternation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 midst | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 noble | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 noble | det |
| 9 | Gothic | gothic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 noble | amod |
| 10 | noble | noble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 consternation | appos |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 Pelistes | punct |
| 12 | Pelistes | Pelistes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 noble | appos |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 midst | punct |
| 14 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 gates | case |
| 16 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 gates | nmod:poss |
| 17 | gates | gate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 arrived | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 haggard | punct |
| 19 | haggard | haggard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 gates | conj |
| 20 | with | with | ADP | _ | 21 fatigue | case |
| 21 | fatigue | fatigue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 haggard | nmod |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 body | case |
| 23 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 fatigue | nmod |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 anguish | cc |
| 25 | anguish | anguish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 arrived | conj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 mind | case |
| 27 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 anguish | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 leading | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 leading | cc |
| 30 | leading | lead | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 arrived | advcl |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 remnant | det |
| 32 | remnant | remnant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 leading | obj |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 cavaliers | case |
| 34 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 cavaliers | nmod:poss |
| 35 | devoted | devoted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 cavaliers | amod |
| 36 | cavaliers | cavalier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 remnant | nmod |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 survived | punct |
| 38 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 40 survived | nsubj |
| 39 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 survived | aux |
| 40 | survived | survive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 36 cavaliers | acl:relcl |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 battle | det |
| 42 | dreadful | dreadful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 battle | amod |
| 43 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 survived | obj |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 Guadalete | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 Guadalete | det |
| 46 | Guadalete | Guadalete | PROPN | Number=Sing | 43 battle | nmod |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 arrived | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arrive | past | the midst of inhabitants's consternation | at inhabitants's gates and haggard with fatigue of body | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | anguish | infinitive | of mind | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | lead | gerund | a remnant of Pelistes's devoted cavaliers | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remnant=Theme | |||||
| 4 | survive | past · perfect | Pelistes's devoted cavaliers | the dreadful battle of the Guadalete | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme battle=Circumstance | ||||
| 5 | fatigue | body | nom fatigue «state transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 6 | battle | the Guadalete | nom battle «act transitive»: of=patient |
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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