Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Marches Against the City of Seville., sentence 14
The camp was a scene of great carnage and confusion; many were slain on both sides; the two valiant leaders of the Christians fell covered with wounds, but the main body succeeded in forcing their way through the centre of the army, and in making their retreat to Beja in Lusitania.
Who acts: camp, main body · What happens: be, slay, cover, succeed, force, make · To what, where: scene, many, sides, way, centre, retreat
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Muza Marches Against the City of Seville.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (camp, main body), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 camp | det |
| 2 | camp | camp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 scene | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 scene | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 scene | det |
| 5 | scene | scene | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 covered | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 carnage | case |
| 7 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 carnage | amod |
| 8 | carnage | carnage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 scene | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 confusion | cc |
| 10 | confusion | confusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 carnage | conj |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 slain | punct |
| 12 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 slain | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 slain | aux:pass |
| 14 | slain | slay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 scene | conj |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 sides | case |
| 16 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 sides | det |
| 17 | sides | side | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 slain | obl |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 22 leaders | punct |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 leaders | det |
| 20 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 22 leaders | nummod |
| 21 | valiant | valiant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 leaders | amod |
| 22 | leaders | leader | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 covered | nsubj:pass |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 Christians | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 Christians | det |
| 25 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 22 leaders | nmod |
| 26 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 covered | aux:pass |
| 27 | covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 28 | with | with | ADP | _ | 29 wounds | case |
| 29 | wounds | wound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 covered | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 succeeded | punct |
| 31 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 35 succeeded | cc |
| 32 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 body | det |
| 33 | main | main | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 34 body | amod |
| 34 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 succeeded | nsubj |
| 35 | succeeded | succeed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 covered | conj |
| 36 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 37 forcing | mark |
| 37 | forcing | force | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 35 succeeded | advcl |
| 38 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 39 way | nmod:poss |
| 39 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 forcing | obj |
| 40 | through | through | ADP | _ | 42 centre | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 centre | det |
| 42 | centre | centre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 forcing | obl |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 army | case |
| 44 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 45 army | det |
| 45 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 centre | nmod |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 making | punct |
| 47 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 making | cc |
| 48 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 49 making | mark |
| 49 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 35 succeeded | advcl |
| 50 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 51 retreat | nmod:poss |
| 51 | retreat | retreat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 making | obj |
| 52 | to | to | ADP | _ | 53 Beja | case |
| 53 | Beja | Beja | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 making | obl |
| 54 | in | in | ADP | _ | 55 Lusitania | case |
| 55 | Lusitania | Lusitania | PROPN | Number=Sing | 49 making | obl |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 27 covered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the camp | a scene | of great carnage and confusion | tree rules | |||
| 2 | slay | past · passive | many | both sides | vn murder-42.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 3 | cover | past · passive | a scene | with wounds; the two valiant leaders of the Christians nsubj:pass | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with wound=Theme | ||||
| 4 | succeed | past | the main body | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | force | gerund | the main body not said here | leaders's way | the centre of the army | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Recipient | |||
| 6 | make | gerund | the main body not said here | leaders's retreat | Beja | Lusitania | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset retreat=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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