Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VI., sentence 23

They attributed it all to the special intervention of their patron saint, Leocadia; and the following day being Palm Sunday, they sallied forth in procession, man, woman, and child, to the church of that blessed saint, which is situated without the walls, that they might return thanks for her marvellous protection.

Who acts: people, following day, patron saint, woman · What happens: attribute, follow, be, sally, situate, return · To what, where: credit, Palm Sunday, child, procession, blessed saint, thanks

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 (people, following day, patron saint, woman), 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	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 attributed	nsubj
2	attributed	attribute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 attributed	obj
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 it	det
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 intervention	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 intervention	det
7	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 intervention	amod
8	intervention	intervention	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 attributed	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 saint	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 saint	nmod:poss
11	patron	patron	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 saint	compound
12	saint	saint	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 intervention	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 Leocadia	punct
14	Leocadia	Leocadia	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 saint	appos
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	22 Sunday	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 Sunday	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 day	det
18	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 day	amod
19	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 Sunday	nsubj
20	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	22 Sunday	cop
21	Palm	Palm	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 Sunday	compound
22	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 attributed	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 sallied	punct
24	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 sallied	nsubj
25	sallied	sally	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 attributed	conj
26	forth	forth	ADV	_	25 sallied	advmod
27	in	in	ADP	_	28 procession	case
28	procession	procession	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 sallied	obl
29	,	,	PUNCT	_	30 man	punct
30	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 procession	appos
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	32 woman	punct
32	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 man	conj
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 child	punct
34	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 child	cc
35	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 sallied	obl
36	,	,	PUNCT	_	39 church	punct
37	to	to	ADP	_	39 church	case
38	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	39 church	det
39	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 sallied	parataxis
40	of	of	ADP	_	43 saint	case
41	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	43 saint	det
42	blessed	blessed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 saint	amod
43	saint	saint	NOUN	Number=Sing	39 church	nmod
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 situated	punct
45	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	47 situated	nsubj:pass
46	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	47 situated	aux:pass
47	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	43 saint	acl:relcl
48	without	without	ADP	_	50 walls	case
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	50 walls	det
50	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	47 situated	obl
51	,	,	PUNCT	_	55 return	punct
52	that	that	SCONJ	_	55 return	mark
53	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	55 return	nsubj
54	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	55 return	aux
55	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	47 situated	parataxis
56	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 return	obj
57	for	for	ADP	_	60 protection	case
58	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	60 protection	nmod:poss
59	marvellous	marvellous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	60 protection	amod
60	protection	protection	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 return	obl
61	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 attributed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	attribute	past	people	credit		to the special intervention of people's patron saint	tree rules
2	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is a	gerund	the following day	Palm Sunday			tree rules
4	sally	past	people	child	procession	the church of that blessed saint parataxis; forth property	tree rules
5	situate	present · passive		that blessed saint		without the walls	vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme
6	return	might	people	thanks		for woman's marvellous protection	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thanks=Theme
7	intervene		people's patron saint				nom intervention «act intransitive»: of=agent
8	protect		woman				nom protection «act transitive»: poss=agent

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, Chapter VI., sentence 23

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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VI., sentence 23