Legends of the conquest of Spain, Defence of the Convent of St. George By Pelistes., sentence 20
On the following morning, ere the break of day, his horse was led forth, caparisoned, into the court of the convent, and Pelistes appeared in complete armour.
Who acts: you, Pelistes · What happens: follow, ere, lead, caparison, appear, break · To what, where: break, horse, court, complete armour, 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 (you, Pelistes), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 4 morning | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 morning | det |
| 3 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 morning | amod |
| 4 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ere | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 morning | punct |
| 6 | ere | ere | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 break | det |
| 8 | break | break | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ere | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 day | case |
| 10 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 break | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 led | punct |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 horse | nmod:poss |
| 13 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 led | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 led | aux:pass |
| 15 | led | lead | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 ere | advcl |
| 16 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 15 led | advmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 caparisoned | punct |
| 18 | caparisoned | caparison | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 led | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 court | punct |
| 20 | into | into | ADP | _ | 22 court | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 court | det |
| 22 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 caparisoned | obl |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 convent | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 convent | det |
| 25 | convent | convent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 court | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 appeared | punct |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 appeared | cc |
| 28 | Pelistes | Pelistes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 appeared | nsubj |
| 29 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 ere | advcl |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 armour | case |
| 31 | complete | complete | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 armour | amod |
| 32 | armour | armour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 appeared | obl |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 ere | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | ere | imperative | you not said here | the break of day | morning | tree rules | |||
| 3 | lead | past · passive | Pelistes's horse | forth property | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 4 | caparison | participle | the court of the convent | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | appear | past | Pelistes | complete armour | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in armour=Location | ||||
| 6 | 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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