Legends of the conquest of Spain, Meeting Between the Patriot Pelistes and the Traitor Julian., sentence 6
Pelistes had been a close and bosom friend of Julian in former times, and had served with him in the wars in Africa; but when the Count advanced to accost him with his wonted amity, he turned away in silence and deigned not to notice him; neither, during the whole of the repast, did he address to him ever a word, but treated him as one unknown.
Who acts: Pelistes, Count · What happens: be, serve, advance, accost, turn away, deign · To what, where: close friend, Pelistes, silence, word, Julian
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, Count), 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 | Pelistes | Pelistes | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 friend | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 friend | aux |
| 3 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 friend | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 friend | det |
| 5 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 friend | amod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 bosom | cc |
| 7 | bosom | bosom | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 close | conj |
| 8 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Julian | case |
| 10 | Julian | Julian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 friend | nmod |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 times | case |
| 12 | former | former | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 times | amod |
| 13 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 Julian | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 served | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 served | cc |
| 16 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 served | aux |
| 17 | served | serve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 friend | parataxis |
| 18 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 him | case |
| 19 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 served | obl |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 wars | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 wars | det |
| 22 | wars | war | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 served | obl |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 24 Africa | case |
| 24 | Africa | Africa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 wars | nmod |
| 25 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 40 turned | punct |
| 26 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 40 turned | cc |
| 27 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 30 advanced | advmod |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 Count | det |
| 29 | Count | count | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 advanced | nsubj |
| 30 | advanced | advance | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 turned | advcl |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 32 accost | mark |
| 32 | accost | accost | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 advanced | xcomp |
| 33 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 accost | obj |
| 34 | with | with | ADP | _ | 37 amity | case |
| 35 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 amity | nmod:poss |
| 36 | wonted | wonted | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 amity | amod |
| 37 | amity | amity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 accost | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 advanced | punct |
| 39 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 40 turned | nsubj |
| 40 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 served | conj |
| 41 | away | away | ADP | _ | 40 turned | compound:prt |
| 42 | in | in | ADP | _ | 43 silence | case |
| 43 | silence | silence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 turned | obl |
| 44 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 45 deigned | cc |
| 45 | deigned | deign | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 40 turned | conj |
| 46 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 48 notice | advmod |
| 47 | to | to | PART | _ | 48 notice | mark |
| 48 | notice | notice | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 45 deigned | xcomp |
| 49 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 48 notice | obj |
| 50 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 55 whole | punct |
| 51 | neither | neither | ADV | _ | 55 whole | advmod |
| 52 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 neither | punct |
| 53 | during | during | ADP | _ | 55 whole | case |
| 54 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 55 whole | det |
| 55 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 friend | parataxis |
| 56 | of | of | ADP | _ | 58 repast | case |
| 57 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 58 repast | det |
| 58 | repast | repast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 55 whole | obl |
| 59 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 62 address | punct |
| 60 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 62 address | aux |
| 61 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 62 address | nsubj |
| 62 | address | address | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 55 whole | conj |
| 63 | to | to | ADP | _ | 64 him | case |
| 64 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 62 address | obl |
| 65 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 67 word | advmod |
| 66 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 67 word | det |
| 67 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 address | obl |
| 68 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 70 treated | punct |
| 69 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 70 treated | cc |
| 70 | treated | treat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 friend | conj |
| 71 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 70 treated | obj |
| 72 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 74 unknown | mark |
| 73 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 74 unknown | nummod |
| 74 | unknown | unknown | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 70 treated | advcl |
| 75 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 friend | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past · perfect | Pelistes | a close friend | of Julian in former times | tree rules | |||
| 2 | serve | past · perfect | with Pelistes; in the wars in Africa | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent in war=Attribute | |||||
| 3 | advance | past | the Count | vn promote-102 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | accost | to-infinitive | the Count not said here | Pelistes | with Pelistes's wonted amity | tree rules | |||
| 5 | turn away | past | Pelistes | silence | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | deign | past | Pelistes not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 7 | not notice | to-infinitive | Pelistes not said here | Pelistes | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ||||
| 8 | address | past · do-support | Pelistes | a word | Julian | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||
| 9 | treat | past | Pelistes not said here | Pelistes | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
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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