Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Besieges the City of Merida., sentence 38
In the course of the day, a train of priests and friars came forth from the city to request permission to seek for the body of the count.
What happens: come, request, seek · To what, where: course, permission
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Muza Besieges the City of Merida.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 course | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 course | det |
| 3 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 came | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 day | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 day | det |
| 6 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 course | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 train | punct |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 train | det |
| 9 | train | train | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 day | nmod |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 priests | case |
| 11 | priests | priest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 train | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 friars | cc |
| 13 | friars | friar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 priests | conj |
| 14 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 14 came | advmod |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 18 city | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 city | det |
| 18 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 came | obl |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 request | mark |
| 20 | request | request | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 came | advcl |
| 21 | permission | permission | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 request | obj |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 seek | mark |
| 23 | seek | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 permission | acl |
| 24 | for | for | ADP | _ | 26 body | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 body | det |
| 26 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 seek | obl |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 count | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 count | det |
| 29 | count | count | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 body | nmod |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 came | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the course of the day a train of priests and friars | from the city; forth property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from city=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | request | to-infinitive | permission | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent permission=Recipient | |||||
| 3 | seek | to-infinitive | permission not said here | for the body of the count | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for body=Theme |
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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