Legends of the conquest of Spain, Meeting Between the Patriot Pelistes and the Traitor Julian., sentence 7

When the banquet was nearly at a close, the discourse turned upon the events of the war; and the Moslem chieftains, in great courtesy, dwelt upon the merits of many of the Christian cavaliers who had fallen in battle, and all extolled the valour of those who had recently perished in the defence of the convent.

Who acts: banquet, discourse, Moslem chieftains, many Christian cavaliers · What happens: be, turn, dwell, fall, extol, perish · To what, where: events, merits, battle, valour, defence, convent

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 (banquet, discourse, Moslem chieftains, many Christian cavaliers), 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	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 close	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 banquet	det
3	banquet	banquet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 close	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 close	cop
5	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	8 close	advmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 close	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 close	det
8	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 turned	punct
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 discourse	det
11	discourse	discourse	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 turned	nsubj
12	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 close	conj
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	15 events	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 events	det
15	events	event	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 turned	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 war	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 war	det
18	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 events	nmod
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	29 dwelt	punct
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	29 dwelt	cc
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 chieftains	det
22	Moslem	Moslem	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 chieftains	amod
23	chieftains	chieftain	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 dwelt	nsubj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 courtesy	punct
25	in	in	ADP	_	27 courtesy	case
26	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 courtesy	amod
27	courtesy	courtesy	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 chieftains	conj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 chieftains	punct
29	dwelt	dwell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 close	conj
30	upon	upon	ADP	_	32 merits	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 merits	det
32	merits	merit	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 dwelt	obl
33	of	of	ADP	_	38 cavaliers	case
34	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 cavaliers	amod
35	of	of	ADP	_	38 cavaliers	case
36	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 cavaliers	det
37	Christian	Christian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	38 cavaliers	amod
38	cavaliers	cavalier	NOUN	Number=Plur	32 merits	nmod
39	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	41 fallen	nsubj
40	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	41 fallen	aux
41	fallen	fall	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	38 cavaliers	acl:relcl
42	in	in	ADP	_	43 battle	case
43	battle	battle	NOUN	Number=Sing	41 fallen	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 extolled	punct
45	and	and	CCONJ	_	47 extolled	cc
46	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	47 extolled	advmod
47	extolled	extol	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 dwelt	conj
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 valour	det
49	valour	valour	NOUN	Number=Sing	47 extolled	obj
50	of	of	ADP	_	51 those	case
51	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	49 valour	nmod
52	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	55 perished	nsubj:pass
53	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	55 perished	aux
54	recently	recently	ADV	_	55 perished	advmod
55	perished	perish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	51 those	acl:relcl
56	in	in	ADP	_	58 defence	case
57	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	58 defence	det
58	defence	defence	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 perished	obl
59	of	of	ADP	_	61 convent	case
60	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	61 convent	det
61	convent	convent	NOUN	Number=Sing	58 defence	nmod
62	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 close	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	the banquet			close, nearly property	tree rules
2	turn	past	the discourse		the events of the war		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme upon event=Trajectory
3	dwell	past	the Moslem chieftains and great courtesy		the merits of the many Christian cavaliers		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon merit=Location
4	fall	past · perfect	the many Christian cavaliers		battle		vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in battle=Location
5	extol	past	the Moslem chieftains and great courtesy not said here	the valour of those			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent valour=Theme
6	perish	past · perfect · passive			the defence of the convent	who nsubj:pass; recently property	tree rules
7	defend			the convent			nom defence «process 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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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Meeting Between the Patriot Pelistes and the Traitor Julian., sentence 7