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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Besieges the City of Merida., sentence 47

The ambassadors came into the presence of Muza with awe; for they expected to find a fierce and formidable warrior in one who had filled the land with terror: but, to their astonishment, they beheld an ancient and venerable man, with white hair, a snowy beard, and a pale emaciated countenance.

Who acts: ambassadors · What happens: come, expect, find, fill, behold, emaciate · To what, where: presence, fierce warrior, land, ancient man

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: who acts (ambassadors), 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

detnsubjcasedetoblcasenmodcasenmodpunctmarknsubjconjmarkxcompdetamodccconjobjcasenmodnsubjauxacl:relcldetobjcasenmodpunctccpunctcasenmod:possoblpunctnsubjconjdetamodccconjobjpunctcaseamodoblpunctdetamodconjpunctccdetamodamodoblpunctrootTheDETambassadorsNOUNcameVERBintoADPtheDETpresenceNOUNofADPMuzaPROPNwithADPaweNOUN;PUNCTforSCONJtheyPRONexpectedVERBtoPARTfindVERBaDETfierceADJandCCONJformidableADJwarriorNOUNinADPoneNUMwhoPRONhadAUXfilledVERBtheDETlandNOUNwithADPterrorNOUN:PUNCTbutCCONJ,PUNCTtoADPtheirPRONastonishmentNOUN,PUNCTtheyPRONbeheldVERBanDETancientADJandCCONJvenerableADJmanNOUN,PUNCTwithADPwhiteADJhairNOUN,PUNCTaDETsnowyADJbeardNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJaDETpaleADJemaciatedVERBcountenanceNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 ambassadorsdet
2ambassadorsambassadorNOUNNumber=Plur3 camensubj
3camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4intointoADP_6 presencecase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 presencedet
6presencepresenceNOUNNumber=Sing3 cameobl
7ofofADP_8 Muzacase
8MuzaMuzaPROPNNumber=Sing6 presencenmod
9withwithADP_10 awecase
10aweaweNOUNNumber=Sing6 presencenmod
11;;PUNCT_14 expectedpunct
12forforSCONJ_14 expectedmark
13theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs14 expectednsubj
14expectedexpectVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 cameconj
15totoPART_16 findmark
16findfindVERBVerbForm=Inf14 expectedxcomp
17aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art21 warriordet
18fiercefierceADJDegree=Pos21 warrioramod
19andandCCONJ_20 formidablecc
20formidableformidableADJDegree=Pos18 fierceconj
21warriorwarriorNOUNNumber=Sing16 findobj
22ininADP_23 onecase
23oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card21 warriornmod
24whowhoPRONPronType=Rel26 fillednsubj
25hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin26 filledaux
26filledfillVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass23 oneacl:relcl
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 landdet
28landlandNOUNNumber=Sing26 filledobj
29withwithADP_30 terrorcase
30terrorterrorNOUNNumber=Sing28 landnmod
31::PUNCT_39 beheldpunct
32butbutCCONJ_39 beheldcc
33,,PUNCT_32 butpunct
34totoADP_36 astonishmentcase
35theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs36 astonishmentnmod:poss
36astonishmentastonishmentNOUNNumber=Sing39 beheldobl
37,,PUNCT_36 astonishmentpunct
38theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs39 beheldnsubj
39beheldbeholdVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin3 cameconj
40anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art44 mandet
41ancientancientADJDegree=Pos44 manamod
42andandCCONJ_43 venerablecc
43venerablevenerableADJDegree=Pos41 ancientconj
44manmanNOUNNumber=Sing39 beheldobj
45,,PUNCT_48 hairpunct
46withwithADP_48 haircase
47whitewhiteADJDegree=Pos48 hairamod
48hairhairNOUNNumber=Sing39 beheldobl
49,,PUNCT_52 beardpunct
50aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art52 bearddet
51snowysnowyADJDegree=Pos52 beardamod
52beardbeardNOUNNumber=Sing48 hairconj
53,,PUNCT_58 countenancepunct
54andandCCONJ_58 countenancecc
55aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art58 countenancedet
56palepaleADJDegree=Pos58 countenanceamod
57emaciatedemaciateVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass58 countenanceamod
58countenancecountenanceNOUNNumber=Sing39 beheldobl
59..PUNCT_3 camepunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1comepastthe ambassadorsthe presence of Muza with awevn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into presence=Initial_Location
2expectpastambassadors = ambassadorvn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3find not said to happento-infinitiveambassadors = ambassador not said herea fierce warriorin onevn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warrior=Topic
4fillpast · perfectthe landwith terror; who nsubjvn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent land=Patient with terror=Instrument
5beholdpastambassadors = ambassadora ancient manto ambassadors's astonishment; with white hair and a snowy beard; a pale emaciated countenance oblvn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus
6emaciateparticiplevn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
7astonishambassadors = ambassadornom astonishment «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

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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