Legends of the conquest of Spain, Defence of the Convent of St. George By Pelistes., sentence 31
As soon as he was out of sight of the soldiers who guarded the gate, he quickened his pace, and at length, galloping at full speed, succeeded in gaining the mountains.
Who acts: Pelistes, soldiers · What happens: be, guard, quicken, gallop, succeed, gain · To what, where: sight, gate, pace, length, full speed, mountains
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 (Pelistes, soldiers), 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 | As | as | ADV | _ | 2 soon | advmod |
| 2 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 18 quickened | advmod |
| 3 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 sight | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 sight | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 sight | cop |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 8 sight | case |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 sight | case |
| 8 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 quickened | advcl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 soldiers | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 soldiers | det |
| 11 | soldiers | soldier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 sight | nmod |
| 12 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 guarded | nsubj |
| 13 | guarded | guard | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 soldiers | acl:relcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 gate | det |
| 15 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 guarded | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 sight | punct |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 quickened | nsubj |
| 18 | quickened | quicken | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 pace | nmod:poss |
| 20 | pace | pace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 quickened | obj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 length | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 length | cc |
| 23 | at | at | ADP | _ | 24 length | case |
| 24 | length | length | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 quickened | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 galloping | punct |
| 26 | galloping | gallop | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 18 quickened | advcl |
| 27 | at | at | ADP | _ | 29 speed | case |
| 28 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 speed | amod |
| 29 | speed | speed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 galloping | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 succeeded | punct |
| 31 | succeeded | succeed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 quickened | conj |
| 32 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 33 gaining | mark |
| 33 | gaining | gain | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 31 succeeded | advcl |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 mountains | det |
| 35 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 gaining | obj |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 quickened | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Pelistes | sight | of the soldiers | tree rules | |||
| 2 | guard | past | the soldiers | the gate | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Beneficiary | ||||
| 3 | quicken | past | Pelistes | Pelistes's pace | length | soon property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pace=Patient | ||
| 4 | gallop | gerund | Pelistes not said here | full speed | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at speed=Trajectory | ||||
| 5 | succeed | past | Pelistes not said here | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | gain | gerund | Pelistes not said here | the mountains | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mountain=Theme |
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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