Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Ben Nozier.—his Entrance Into Spain, and Capture of Carmona., sentence 29
“Open the gate quickly,” cried they; “we bring supplies for the garrison, but the Arabs have discovered, and are in pursuit of us.”
Who acts: Christians, we, Arabs · What happens: open, cry, bring, discover, be · To what, where: gate, supplies, pursuit · 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 (Christians, we, Arabs), 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 | _ | 2 Open | punct |
| 2 | Open | open | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 8 cried | parataxis |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 gate | det |
| 4 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Open | obj |
| 5 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 2 Open | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Open | punct |
| 7 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Open | punct |
| 8 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 cried | nsubj |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 13 bring | punct |
| 11 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 bring | punct |
| 12 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 bring | nsubj |
| 13 | bring | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 cried | conj |
| 14 | supplies | supplies | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 13 bring | obj |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 garrison | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 garrison | det |
| 17 | garrison | garrison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 bring | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 discovered | punct |
| 19 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 23 discovered | cc |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 Arabs | det |
| 21 | Arabs | Arab | PROPN | Number=Plur | 23 discovered | nsubj |
| 22 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 discovered | aux |
| 23 | discovered | discover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 cried | parataxis |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 pursuit | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 pursuit | cc |
| 26 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 28 pursuit | cop |
| 27 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 pursuit | case |
| 28 | pursuit | pursuit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 discovered | obl |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 us | case |
| 30 | us | we | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 28 pursuit | nmod |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 23 discovered | punct |
| 32 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 cried | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | open in a quote | infinitive | the gate | quickly property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gate=Theme | ||||
| 2 | cry speech: express | past | Christians = christian | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | bring in a quote | present | we | supplies | for the garrison | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent supplies=Theme | |||
| 4 | discover in a quote | present · perfect | the Arabs | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | is in a quote | present | pursuit | of us | tree rules |
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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