Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VI., sentence 7

“As we were going our rounds,” said they, “we beheld this man lowered down with cords from a tower, and he delivered himself into our hands, praying to be conducted to thy presence, that he might reveal to thee certain things important for thee to know.”

Who acts: we, rounds, man, thee · What happens: go, say, behold, lower down, deliver, pray · To what, where: rounds, tower, man, hands, presence, certain things · 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 (we, rounds, man, thee), 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	_	5 going	punct
2	As	as	SCONJ	_	5 going	mark
3	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 going	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 going	aux
5	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 said	ccomp
6	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 rounds	nmod:poss
7	rounds	round	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 going	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 going	punct
9	”	"	PUNCT	_	5 going	punct
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 said	nsubj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 beheld	punct
13	“	"	PUNCT	_	15 beheld	punct
14	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 beheld	nsubj
15	beheld	behold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 said	conj
16	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 man	det
17	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 lowered	nsubj
18	lowered	lower	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 beheld	ccomp
19	down	down	ADV	_	18 lowered	advmod
20	with	with	ADP	_	21 cords	case
21	cords	cord	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 lowered	obl
22	from	from	ADP	_	24 tower	case
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 tower	det
24	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 lowered	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 delivered	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 delivered	cc
27	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 delivered	nsubj
28	delivered	deliver	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 said	parataxis
29	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	28 delivered	obj
30	into	into	ADP	_	32 hands	case
31	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	32 hands	nmod:poss
32	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	28 delivered	obl
33	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 praying	punct
34	praying	pray	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	28 delivered	advcl
35	to	to	PART	_	37 conducted	mark
36	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	37 conducted	aux:pass
37	conducted	conduct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	34 praying	xcomp
38	to	to	ADP	_	40 presence	case
39	thy	thy	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch	40 presence	nmod:poss
40	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	37 conducted	obl
41	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 reveal	punct
42	that	that	SCONJ	_	45 reveal	mark
43	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	45 reveal	nsubj
44	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	45 reveal	aux
45	reveal	reveal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	28 delivered	conj
46	to	to	ADP	_	47 thee	case
47	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	45 reveal	obl
48	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 things	amod
49	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	45 reveal	obj
50	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	49 things	amod
51	for	for	SCONJ	_	54 know	mark
52	thee	thou	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	54 know	nsubj
53	to	to	PART	_	54 know	mark
54	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	50 important	ccomp
55	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct
56	”	"	PUNCT	_	10 said	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	go in a quote	past · progressive	we	our rounds				vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location round=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	rounds = round					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	behold in a quote	past	we					tree rules
4	lower down in a quote	past	this man			a tower	with cords; down property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent from tower=Destination
5	deliver in a quote	past	man	man		our hands		vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient
6	pray in a quote	gerund	man not said here					vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
7	conduct in a quote	to-infinitive · passive	man not said here			thy presence		vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: to presence=Destination
8	reveal in a quote	might	man	certain things	thee			vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent thing=Topic to thou=Recipient
9	know in a quote	to-infinitive	thee					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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 7

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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VI., sentence 7