Legends of the conquest of Spain, Defence of the Convent of St. George By Pelistes., sentence 13
To-morrow at break of day I will sally forth and make for the city gates at the moment of their being opened; no one will suspect a solitary horseman; I shall be taken for one of those recreant Christians who have basely mingled with the enemy.
Who acts: I, moment, one · What happens: sally, make, open, suspect, take, mingle · To what, where: city gates, gates, solitary horseman, I, recreant Christians, day
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Defence of the Convent of St. George By Pelistes.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I, moment, one), 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 | To | to | ADP | _ | 3 morrow | case |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 To | punct |
| 3 | morrow | morrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sally | obl |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 break | case |
| 5 | break | break | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 morrow | nmod |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 day | case |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 break | nmod |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 sally | nsubj |
| 9 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 sally | aux |
| 10 | sally | sally | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 11 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 10 sally | advmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 make | cc |
| 13 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 sally | conj |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 gates | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 gates | det |
| 16 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 gates | compound |
| 17 | gates | gate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 make | obj |
| 18 | at | at | ADP | _ | 20 moment | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 moment | det |
| 20 | moment | moment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 make | obl |
| 21 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 24 opened | mark |
| 22 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 opened | nsubj:pass |
| 23 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 24 opened | aux:pass |
| 24 | opened | open | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 moment | acl |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 suspect | punct |
| 26 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 27 one | det |
| 27 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 suspect | nsubj |
| 28 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 29 suspect | aux |
| 29 | suspect | suspect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 sally | conj |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 horseman | det |
| 31 | solitary | solitary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 horseman | amod |
| 32 | horseman | horseman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 suspect | obj |
| 33 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 37 taken | punct |
| 34 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 37 taken | nsubj |
| 35 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 37 taken | aux |
| 36 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 37 taken | aux:pass |
| 37 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 sally | parataxis |
| 38 | for | for | ADP | _ | 39 one | case |
| 39 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 37 taken | obl |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 Christians | case |
| 41 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 43 Christians | det |
| 42 | recreant | recreant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 Christians | amod |
| 43 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 39 one | nmod |
| 44 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 47 mingled | nsubj:pass |
| 45 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 47 mingled | aux |
| 46 | basely | basely | ADV | _ | 47 mingled | advmod |
| 47 | mingled | mingle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 Christians | acl:relcl |
| 48 | with | with | ADP | _ | 50 enemy | case |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 enemy | det |
| 50 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 mingled | obl |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 sally | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sally | future | I | to morrow at break of day; forth property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | infinitive | I not said here | the city gates | moment | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset gate=Product | |||
| 3 | open | gerund · passive | the moment not said here | gates = gate | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 4 | suspect | future | no one | a solitary horseman | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent horseman=Attribute | ||||
| 5 | take | shall · passive | I | for one of that recreant Christians | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for one=Beneficiary | ||||
| 6 | mingle | present · perfect · passive | that recreant Christians | with the enemy; basely property | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient with enemy=Co-Patient | ||||
| 7 | break | day | nom break «event 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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