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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VI., sentence 25

While some guarded the gates, others dispersed themselves about the streets, slaying all who made resistance; and others kindled a fire and made a column of smoke on the top of the citadel.

Who acts: some, others · What happens: guard, disperse, slay, make, kindle · To what, where: gates, towers, all, resistance, fire, column

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 (some, others), 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

marknsubjadvcldetobjpunctnsubjobjcasedetoblpunctadvclobjnsubjacl:relclobjpunctccnsubjconjdetobjccconjdetobjcasenmodcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctrootWhileSCONJsomeDETguardedVERBtheDETgatesNOUN,PUNCTothersNOUNdispersedVERBthemselvesPRONaboutADPtheDETstreetsNOUN,PUNCTslayingVERBallDETwhoPRONmadeVERBresistanceNOUN;PUNCTandCCONJothersNOUNkindledVERBaDETfireNOUNandCCONJmadeVERBaDETcolumnNOUNofADPsmokeNOUNonADPtheDETtopNOUNofADPtheDETcitadelNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhilewhileSCONJ_3 guardedmark
2somesomeDETPronType=Ind3 guardednsubj
3guardedguardVERBMood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 dispersedadvcl
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 gatesdet
5gatesgateNOUNNumber=Plur3 guardedobj
6,,PUNCT_3 guardedpunct
7othersotherNOUNNumber=Plur8 dispersednsubj
8disperseddisperseVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
9themselvesthemselvesPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes8 dispersedobj
10aboutaboutADP_12 streetscase
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art12 streetsdet
12streetsstreetNOUNNumber=Plur8 dispersedobl
13,,PUNCT_14 slayingpunct
14slayingslayVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part8 dispersedadvcl
15allallDETPronType=Tot14 slayingobj
16whowhoPRONPronType=Rel17 madensubj
17mademakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin15 allacl:relcl
18resistanceresistanceNOUNNumber=Sing17 madeobj
19;;PUNCT_22 kindledpunct
20andandCCONJ_21 otherscc
21othersotherNOUNNumber=Plur22 kindlednsubj
22kindledkindleVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 dispersedconj
23aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art24 firedet
24firefireNOUNNumber=Sing22 kindledobj
25andandCCONJ_26 madecc
26mademakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin22 kindledconj
27aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art28 columndet
28columncolumnNOUNNumber=Sing26 madeobj
29ofofADP_30 smokecase
30smokesmokeNOUNNumber=Sing28 columnnmod
31ononADP_33 topcase
32thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art33 topdet
33toptopNOUNNumber=Sing26 madeobl
34ofofADP_36 citadelcase
35thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 citadeldet
36citadelcitadelNOUNNumber=Sing33 topnmod
37..PUNCT_8 dispersedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1guardpastsomethe gatesvn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Beneficiary
2dispersepastotherstowers = towerabout the streetsvn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient
3slaygerundothers not said hereallvn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Patient
4makepastresistancewho nsubjvn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent resistance=Product
5kindlepastothersa firevn engender-27.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition fire=Patient
6makepastothers not said herea column of smokethe top of the citadelvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset column=Product

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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