Legends of the conquest of Spain, Defence of the Convent of St. George By Pelistes., sentence 58
The convent, which was lately their castle, was now made their prison, and in after-times, in commemoration of this event, was consecrated by the name of St. George of the Captives.
Who acts: convent, name · What happens: be, make, consecrate, commemorate, name · To what, where: castle, convent, event, George
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 (convent, name), 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 convent | det |
| 2 | convent | convent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 made | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 castle | punct |
| 4 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 castle | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 castle | cop |
| 6 | lately | lately | ADV | _ | 8 castle | advmod |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 castle | nmod:poss |
| 8 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 convent | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 convent | punct |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 made | aux:pass |
| 11 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 made | advmod |
| 12 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 13 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 prison | nmod:poss |
| 14 | prison | prison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 made | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 consecrated | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 consecrated | cc |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 times | case |
| 18 | after | after | ADP | _ | 20 times | case |
| 19 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 18 after | punct |
| 20 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 consecrated | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 commemoration | punct |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 commemoration | case |
| 23 | commemoration | commemoration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 times | conj |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 event | case |
| 25 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 26 event | det |
| 26 | event | event | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 commemoration | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 times | punct |
| 28 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 consecrated | aux:pass |
| 29 | consecrated | consecrate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 made | conj |
| 30 | by | by | ADP | _ | 32 name | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 name | det |
| 32 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 consecrated | obl |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 George | case |
| 34 | St. | St. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 George | nmod:desc |
| 35 | George | George | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 name | nmod |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 Captives | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 Captives | det |
| 38 | Captives | Captive | PROPN | Number=Plur | 35 George | nmod |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 made | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the convent and cavaliers's castle | cavaliers's castle | cavaliers = cavalier nmod:poss; lately property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | make | past · passive | the convent and cavaliers's castle | now | cavaliers's prison obj | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary prison=Product | |||
| 3 | consecrate | past · passive | the name of George St. of the Captives | time | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | commemorate | this event | nom commemoration «event transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 5 | name | George St. of the Captives | nom name «communication 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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