Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VI., sentence 11
When they were alone he addressed Taric in Arabic: “Know, O leader of the host of Islam,” said he, “that I am sent to thee on the part of the children of Israel resident in Toledo.
Who acts: events, man · What happens: be, address, know, say, send · To what, where: Taric, Arabic, man, part · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter VI.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (events, man), 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 | 4 alone | advmod |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 alone | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 alone | cop |
| 4 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 6 addressed | advmod |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 addressed | nsubj |
| 6 | addressed | address | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 said | ccomp |
| 7 | Taric | Taric | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 addressed | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 Arabic | case |
| 9 | Arabic | Arabic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 addressed | obl |
| 10 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 12 Know | punct |
| 11 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 Know | punct |
| 12 | Know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 addressed | parataxis |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 leader | punct |
| 14 | O | of | ADP | Abbr=Yes | 15 leader | case |
| 15 | leader | leader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 Know | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 host | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 host | det |
| 18 | host | host | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 leader | nmod |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 Islam | case |
| 20 | Islam | Islam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 host | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 Know | punct |
| 22 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 Know | punct |
| 23 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 24 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 said | nsubj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 30 sent | punct |
| 26 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 30 sent | punct |
| 27 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 30 sent | mark |
| 28 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 30 sent | nsubj |
| 29 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 30 sent | aux:pass |
| 30 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 said | conj |
| 31 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 thee | case |
| 32 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 30 sent | obl |
| 33 | on | on | ADP | _ | 35 part | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 part | det |
| 35 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 30 sent | obl |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 children | case |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 children | det |
| 38 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 part | nmod |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 41 resident | case |
| 40 | Israel | Israel | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 resident | compound |
| 41 | resident | resident | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 children | nmod |
| 42 | in | in | ADP | _ | 43 Toledo | case |
| 43 | Toledo | Toledo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 41 resident | nmod |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 23 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | events = event | alone property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | address | past | man | Taric | Arabic | tree rules | |||
| 3 | know in a quote | infinitive | of leader of the host of Islam | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of leader=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | past | man | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 5 | send in a quote | present · passive | man | the part of the children of Israel resident in Toledo | to thee | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to thou=Destination |
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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