Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VI., sentence 16
“But how shall I be secured,” said he, “that all thy tribe will fulfil what thou hast engaged, and that this is not a stratagem to get me and my people into your power?”
Who acts: plan, tribe, this · What happens: secure, say, fulfil, engage, not be, get · To what, where: plan, stratagem, power · 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 (plan, tribe, this), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 said | punct |
| 2 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 secured | cc |
| 3 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 secured | advmod |
| 4 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 secured | aux |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 secured | nsubj |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 secured | aux:pass |
| 7 | secured | secure | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 said | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 secured | punct |
| 9 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 secured | punct |
| 10 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 said | nsubj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 fulfil | punct |
| 13 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 fulfil | punct |
| 14 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 19 fulfil | mark |
| 15 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 tribe | det |
| 16 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 17 tribe | nmod:poss |
| 17 | tribe | tribe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 fulfil | nsubj |
| 18 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 fulfil | aux |
| 19 | fulfil | fulfil | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 said | conj |
| 20 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 23 engaged | nsubj:pass |
| 21 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 23 engaged | nsubj:pass |
| 22 | hast | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 engaged | aux:pass |
| 23 | engaged | engage | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 19 fulfil | ccomp |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 stratagem | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 stratagem | cc |
| 26 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 31 stratagem | mark |
| 27 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 31 stratagem | nsubj |
| 28 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 stratagem | cop |
| 29 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 31 stratagem | advmod |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 stratagem | det |
| 31 | stratagem | stratagem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 said | parataxis |
| 32 | to | to | PART | _ | 33 get | mark |
| 33 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 31 stratagem | acl |
| 34 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 33 get | obj |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 37 people | cc |
| 36 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 people | nmod:poss |
| 37 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 me | conj |
| 38 | into | into | ADP | _ | 40 power | case |
| 39 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 power | nmod:poss |
| 40 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 get | obl |
| 41 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 31 stratagem | punct |
| 42 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 31 stratagem | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | secure in a quote | shall · passive | plan | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | say speech: ask | past | plan | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | fulfil in a quote | future | thy tribe | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | engage in a quote | present · passive | what nsubj:pass; thou nsubj:pass | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 5 | not is a in a quote | present | this | a stratagem | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | get in a quote | to-infinitive | plan not said here | plan | your power | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer i=Stimulus |
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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