Legends of the conquest of Spain, Defence of the Convent of St. George By Pelistes., sentence 27
The warriors, on their part, crowded round him in silence, kissing his hands and the hem of his surcoat, and many of the sternest shed tears.
What happens: kiss · To what, where: hands, warriors
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: 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 warriors | det |
| 2 | warriors | warrior | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 part | punct |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 part | case |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 part | nmod:poss |
| 6 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 warriors | appos |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 crowded | punct |
| 8 | crowded | crowded | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 part | amod |
| 9 | round | round | ADP | _ | 10 him | case |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 crowded | obl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 silence | case |
| 12 | silence | silence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 crowded | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 kissing | punct |
| 14 | kissing | kiss | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 crowded | advcl |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 hands | nmod:poss |
| 16 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 kissing | obj |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 hem | cc |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 hem | det |
| 19 | hem | hem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 hands | conj |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 surcoat | case |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 surcoat | nmod:poss |
| 22 | surcoat | surcoat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 hem | nmod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 tears | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 tears | cc |
| 25 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 tears | amod |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 tears | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 tears | det |
| 28 | sternest | stern | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 30 tears | amod |
| 29 | shed | shed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 tears | compound |
| 30 | tears | tear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 warriors | conj |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 warriors | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kiss | gerund | Pelistes's hands and the hem of Pelistes's surcoat | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Co-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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