Legends of the conquest of Spain, Meeting Between the Patriot Pelistes and the Traitor Julian., sentence 35
Count Julian was ever loyal to his king, and foremost in his country’s cause: were he living, he would be the first to put shield on neck and lance in rest, to clear the land of her invaders:—but thou art a hoary traitor! thy hands are stained with the royal blood of the Goths, and thou hast betrayed thy country and thy God.
Who acts: you, Julian, country · What happens: count, be, live, put, clear, stain · To what, where: cause, shield, neck, land, hands, thou
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Meeting Between the Patriot Pelistes and the Traitor Julian.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (you, Julian, country), 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 | Count | count | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Julian | Julian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 loyal | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 loyal | cop |
| 4 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 loyal | advmod |
| 5 | loyal | loyal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Count | ccomp |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 king | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 king | nmod:poss |
| 8 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 loyal | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 foremost | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 foremost | cc |
| 11 | foremost | foremost | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 loyal | conj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 cause | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 country | nmod:poss |
| 14 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 cause | nmod:poss |
| 15 | ’s | 's | PART | _ | 14 country | case |
| 16 | cause | cause | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 foremost | obl |
| 17 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 20 living | punct |
| 18 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 living | aux |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 living | nsubj |
| 20 | living | live | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Count | parataxis |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 first | punct |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 first | nsubj |
| 23 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 26 first | aux |
| 24 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 26 first | cop |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 first | det |
| 26 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Count | parataxis |
| 27 | to | to | PART | _ | 28 put | mark |
| 28 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 26 first | advcl |
| 29 | shield | shield | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 put | obj |
| 30 | on | on | ADP | _ | 31 neck | case |
| 31 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 put | obl |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 lance | cc |
| 33 | lance | lance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 neck | conj |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 35 rest | case |
| 35 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 put | obl |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 clear | punct |
| 37 | to | to | PART | _ | 38 clear | mark |
| 38 | clear | clear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 28 put | conj |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 land | det |
| 40 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 clear | obj |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 invaders | case |
| 42 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 invaders | nmod:poss |
| 43 | invaders | invader | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 land | nmod |
| 44 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Count | punct |
| 45 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 48 art | punct |
| 46 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 48 art | cc |
| 47 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 48 art | nsubj |
| 48 | art | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Count | parataxis |
| 49 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 51 traitor | det |
| 50 | hoary | hoary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 51 traitor | amod |
| 51 | traitor | traitor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 art | obj |
| 52 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 Count | punct |
| 53 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 54 hands | nmod:poss |
| 54 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 56 stained | nsubj:pass |
| 55 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 56 stained | aux:pass |
| 56 | stained | stain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Count | parataxis |
| 57 | with | with | ADP | _ | 60 blood | case |
| 58 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 blood | det |
| 59 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 60 blood | amod |
| 60 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 56 stained | obl |
| 61 | of | of | ADP | _ | 63 Goths | case |
| 62 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 63 Goths | det |
| 63 | Goths | Goth | PROPN | Number=Plur | 60 blood | nmod |
| 64 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 68 betrayed | punct |
| 65 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 68 betrayed | cc |
| 66 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 68 betrayed | nsubj |
| 67 | hast | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 68 betrayed | aux:pass |
| 68 | betrayed | betray | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Count | advcl |
| 69 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 70 country | nmod:poss |
| 70 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 68 betrayed | obj |
| 71 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 73 God | cc |
| 72 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 73 God | nmod:poss |
| 73 | God | God | PROPN | Number=Sing | 70 country | conj |
| 74 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Count | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | imperative | you not said here | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | is | past | Julian | ever | to Julian's king; loyal property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | be | Julian not said here | Julian's country's cause | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | live | past · progressive | Julian | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | is | would | Julian | first property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | put | to-infinitive | Julian not said here | shield | neck and lance | in rest | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent shield=Theme on neck=Destination | ||
| 7 | clear | to-infinitive | Julian not said here | the land of Count's invaders | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent land=Source | ||||
| 8 | stain | present · passive | thy hands | with the royal blood of the Goths | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with blood=Theme | ||||
| 9 | betray | present · passive | thou | thy country and thy God obj | tree rules | ||||
| 10 | cause | Julian's country | nom cause «event transitive»: poss=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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