Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VI., sentence 13
We abhor their yoke, and are ready, if thou wilt receive us as subjects, and permit us the free enjoyment of our religion and our property, to deliver the towers we guard into thy hands, and to give thee safe entrance into the city.”
Who acts: We, thou · What happens: abhor, be, receive, permit, deliver, guard · To what, where: yoke, us, towers, hands, safe entrance, thee
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 (We, thou), 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 | We | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 abhor | nsubj |
| 2 | abhor | abhor | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 yoke | nmod:poss |
| 4 | yoke | yoke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 abhor | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 ready | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 ready | cc |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 ready | cop |
| 8 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 abhor | parataxis |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 receive | punct |
| 10 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 13 receive | mark |
| 11 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 13 receive | nsubj |
| 12 | wilt | will | AUX | Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin | 13 receive | aux |
| 13 | receive | receive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 ready | conj |
| 14 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 receive | obj |
| 15 | as | as | ADP | _ | 16 subjects | case |
| 16 | subjects | subject | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 receive | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 permit | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 permit | cc |
| 19 | permit | permit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 abhor | conj |
| 20 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 permit | obj |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 enjoyment | det |
| 22 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 enjoyment | amod |
| 23 | enjoyment | enjoyment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 permit | obj |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 religion | case |
| 25 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 religion | nmod:poss |
| 26 | religion | religion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 enjoyment | nmod |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 property | cc |
| 28 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 property | nmod:poss |
| 29 | property | property | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 religion | conj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 deliver | punct |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 32 deliver | mark |
| 32 | deliver | deliver | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 19 permit | parataxis |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 towers | det |
| 34 | towers | tower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 deliver | obj |
| 35 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 36 guard | nsubj |
| 36 | guard | guard | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 34 towers | acl:relcl |
| 37 | into | into | ADP | _ | 39 hands | case |
| 38 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 39 hands | nmod:poss |
| 39 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 guard | obl |
| 40 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 give | punct |
| 41 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 give | cc |
| 42 | to | to | PART | _ | 43 give | mark |
| 43 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 32 deliver | conj |
| 44 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 43 give | iobj |
| 45 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 46 entrance | amod |
| 46 | entrance | entrance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 give | obj |
| 47 | into | into | ADP | _ | 49 city | case |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 city | det |
| 49 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 give | obl |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 abhor | punct |
| 51 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 abhor | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | abhor | present | We | Christians's yoke | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer yoke=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is | present | ready property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | receive a condition, not said to happen | future | thou | us | as subjects | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent we=Theme | |||
| 4 | permit | infinitive | We not said here | us | the free enjoyment of our religion and our property obj | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent we=Theme enjoyment=Location | |||
| 5 | deliver | to-infinitive | the towers | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tower=Patient | |||||
| 6 | guard | present | we | the towers not said here | thy hands | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tower=Beneficiary | |||
| 7 | give | to-infinitive | safe entrance | thee | the city | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent thou=Recipient entrance=Theme | |||
| 8 | enjoy | our religion and our property | nom enjoyment «feeling 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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