Legends of the conquest of Spain, Defence of the Convent of St. George By Pelistes., sentence 43
The conflict that ensued was desperate and doubtful, for seldom had two warriors met so well matched or of equal prowess.
Who acts: conflict, two warriors · What happens: ensue, be, have, meet, match
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 (conflict, two warriors), 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 conflict | det |
| 2 | conflict | conflict | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 desperate | nsubj |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 ensued | nsubj |
| 4 | ensued | ensue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 conflict | acl:relcl |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 desperate | cop |
| 6 | desperate | desperate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 doubtful | cc |
| 8 | doubtful | doubtful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 desperate | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 had | punct |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 had | case |
| 11 | seldom | seldom | ADV | _ | 12 had | advmod |
| 12 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 met | advcl |
| 13 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 warriors | nummod |
| 14 | warriors | warrior | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 met | nsubj |
| 15 | met | meet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 desperate | parataxis |
| 16 | so | so | ADV | _ | 18 matched | advmod |
| 17 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 18 matched | advmod |
| 18 | matched | match | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 met | xcomp |
| 19 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 22 prowess | cc |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 prowess | case |
| 21 | equal | equal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 prowess | amod |
| 22 | prowess | prowess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 matched | conj |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 desperate | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ensue | past | the conflict | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | past | the conflict | desperate property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be | the conflict not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 4 | have | past | two warriors not said here | seldom property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | meet | past | two warriors | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | match | participle | two warriors not said here | equal prowess conj; well property | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=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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