Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Besieges the City of Merida., sentence 53
Abdalasis, the son of Muza, arrived from Africa, at the head of his reinforcement: he brought seven thousand horsemen, and a host of Barbary archers; and made a glorious display as he marched into the camp.
Who acts: Abdalasis · What happens: arrive, bring, make, march, reinforce · To what, where: Africa, thousand horsemen, glorious display, camp
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 (Abdalasis), 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 | Abdalasis | Abdalasis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 arrived | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 son | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 son | det |
| 4 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Abdalasis | appos |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 Muza | case |
| 6 | Muza | Muza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 son | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Abdalasis | punct |
| 8 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 Africa | case |
| 10 | Africa | Africa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 arrived | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 head | punct |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 head | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 head | det |
| 14 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 arrived | conj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 reinforcement | case |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 reinforcement | nmod:poss |
| 17 | reinforcement | reinforcement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 head | nmod |
| 18 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 20 brought | punct |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 brought | nsubj |
| 20 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 arrived | conj |
| 21 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 22 thousand | compound |
| 22 | thousand | thousand | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 23 horsemen | nummod |
| 23 | horsemen | horseman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 brought | obj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 host | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 host | cc |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 host | det |
| 27 | host | host | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 brought | conj |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 archers | case |
| 29 | Barbary | barbary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 archers | amod |
| 30 | archers | archer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 host | nmod |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 33 made | punct |
| 32 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 made | cc |
| 33 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 arrived | conj |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 display | det |
| 35 | glorious | glorious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 display | amod |
| 36 | display | display | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 made | obj |
| 37 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 39 marched | mark |
| 38 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 39 marched | nsubj |
| 39 | marched | march | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 33 made | advcl |
| 40 | into | into | ADP | _ | 42 camp | case |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 camp | det |
| 42 | camp | camp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 marched | obl |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 arrived | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | arrive | past | Abdalasis | Africa | the head of Abdalasis's reinforcement conj | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from africa=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | bring | past | Abdalasis | thousand horsemen | a host of Barbary archers conj | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent horseman=Theme | |||
| 3 | make | past | Abdalasis not said here | a glorious display | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset display=Product | ||||
| 4 | march | past | Abdalasis | into the camp result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into camp=Result | ||||
| 5 | reinforce | Abdalasis | nom reinforcement «act 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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