Legends of the conquest of Spain, Meeting Between the Patriot Pelistes and the Traitor Julian., sentence 38
So saying, Pelistes turned his back upon the traitor, and went forth from the banquet; leaving Count Julian overwhelmed with confusion, and an object of scorn to all the Moslem cavaliers.
Who acts: Pelistes, object · What happens: say, turn, go, leave, count, overwhelm · To what, where: back, banquet, object, Julian · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Pelistes, object), 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 5 turned | advmod |
| 2 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 turned | advcl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 saying | punct |
| 4 | Pelistes | Pelistes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 turned | nsubj |
| 5 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 back | nmod:poss |
| 7 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 turned | obj |
| 8 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 10 traitor | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 traitor | det |
| 10 | traitor | traitor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 turned | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 went | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 went | cc |
| 13 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 turned | conj |
| 14 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 13 went | advmod |
| 15 | from | from | ADP | _ | 17 banquet | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 banquet | det |
| 17 | banquet | banquet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 went | obl |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 leaving | punct |
| 19 | leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 turned | advcl |
| 20 | Count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 19 leaving | xcomp |
| 21 | Julian | Julian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 Count | obj |
| 22 | overwhelmed | overwhelm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 Count | xcomp |
| 23 | with | with | ADP | _ | 24 confusion | case |
| 24 | confusion | confusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 overwhelmed | obl |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 object | punct |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 object | cc |
| 27 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 28 object | det |
| 28 | object | object | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 leaving | obl |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 scorn | case |
| 30 | scorn | scorn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 object | nmod |
| 31 | to | to | ADP | _ | 35 cavaliers | case |
| 32 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 35 cavaliers | det:predet |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 cavaliers | det |
| 34 | Moslem | Moslem | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 cavaliers | amod |
| 35 | cavaliers | cavalier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 leaving | obl |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 turned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | Pelistes not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | turn | past | Pelistes | Pelistes's back | upon the traitor | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent back=Theme | |||
| 3 | go | past | Pelistes not said here | the banquet | forth property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from banquet=Initial_Location | |||
| 4 | leave | gerund | Pelistes not said here | a object of scorn | to all Moslem cavaliers | tree rules | |||
| 5 | count | infinitive | a object of scorn not said here | Julian | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent julian=Theme clause=Attribute | ||||
| 6 | overwhelm | participle | a object of scorn not said here | with confusion | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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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