Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Ben Nozier.—his Entrance Into Spain, and Capture of Carmona., sentence 2
When that jealous chieftain had despatched his letter commanding Taric to pause and await his coming, he immediately made every preparation to enter Spain with a powerful reinforcement, and to take command of the conquering army.
Who acts: letter, Taric · What happens: despatch, command, pause, await, come, make · To what, where: jealous chieftain, Taric, preparation, Spain, command, conquering army · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Muza Ben Nozier.—his Entrance Into Spain, and Capture of Carmona.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (letter, Taric), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 despatched | advmod |
| 2 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 chieftain | det |
| 3 | jealous | jealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 chieftain | amod |
| 4 | chieftain | chieftain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 despatched | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 despatched | aux |
| 6 | despatched | despatch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 made | advcl |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 letter | nmod:poss |
| 8 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 despatched | obj |
| 9 | commanding | command | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 letter | acl |
| 10 | Taric | Taric | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 commanding | obj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 pause | mark |
| 12 | pause | pause | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 commanding | advcl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 await | cc |
| 14 | await | await | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 pause | conj |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Gender=Masc Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 coming | nsubj |
| 16 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 await | ccomp |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 despatched | punct |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 made | nsubj |
| 19 | immediately | immediately | ADV | _ | 20 made | advmod |
| 20 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 21 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 22 preparation | det |
| 22 | preparation | preparation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 made | obj |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 enter | mark |
| 24 | enter | enter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 preparation | acl |
| 25 | Spain | Spain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 enter | obj |
| 26 | with | with | ADP | _ | 29 reinforcement | case |
| 27 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 reinforcement | det |
| 28 | powerful | powerful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 reinforcement | amod |
| 29 | reinforcement | reinforcement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 enter | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 take | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 take | cc |
| 32 | to | to | PART | _ | 33 take | mark |
| 33 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 20 made | parataxis |
| 34 | command | command | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 take | obj |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 army | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 army | det |
| 37 | conquering | conquer | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 38 army | amod |
| 38 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 command | nmod |
| 39 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 20 made | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | despatch | past · perfect · passive | that jealous chieftain | Taric's letter obj | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | command | gerund | Taric's letter not said here | Taric | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent taric=Theme | ||||
| 3 | pause | to-infinitive | Taric's letter not said here | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | await | infinitive | Taric's letter not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | come | gerund | Taric | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | make | past | Taric | every preparation | immediately property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent preparation=Product | |||
| 7 | enter | to-infinitive | Taric not said here | every preparation not said here | Spain | with a powerful reinforcement | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme spain=Destination | ||
| 8 | take | to-infinitive | command of the conquering army | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Theme | |||||
| 9 | conquer | gerund | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 10 | letter | Taric | nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 11 | command | the conquering army | nom command «communication 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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