Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Besieges the City of Merida., sentence 62

“Hence!” said he, “and tell your people I grant them the same terms I have already proffered, provided the city be instantly surrendered; but, by the head of Mahomet, if there be any further delay not one mother’s son of ye shall receive mercy at my hands!”

Who acts: Muza, people, son · What happens: say, tell, grant, proffer, provide, surrender · To what, where: ambassadors, same terms, city, further delay, mercy, hands · Speech: someone speaks here

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 (Muza, people, son), 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	_	5 said	punct
2	Hence	hence	ADV	_	5 said	advmod
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Hence	punct
4	”	"	PUNCT	_	2 Hence	punct
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 said	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 tell	punct
8	“	"	PUNCT	_	10 tell	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 tell	cc
10	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 said	conj
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 people	nmod:poss
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 grant	nsubj
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 grant	nsubj
14	grant	grant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 tell	ccomp
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 grant	obj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 terms	det
17	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 terms	amod
18	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 grant	obl
19	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	22 proffered	nsubj
20	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 proffered	aux
21	already	already	ADV	_	22 proffered	advmod
22	proffered	proffer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	18 terms	acl:relcl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 provided	punct
24	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	conj
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 city	det
26	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 surrendered	nsubj:pass
27	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	29 surrendered	aux:pass
28	instantly	instantly	ADV	_	29 surrendered	advmod
29	surrendered	surrender	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 provided	ccomp
30	;	;	PUNCT	_	35 head	punct
31	but	but	CCONJ	_	35 head	cc
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 head	punct
33	by	by	ADP	_	35 head	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 head	det
35	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	parataxis
36	of	of	ADP	_	37 Mahomet	case
37	Mahomet	Mahomet	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 head	nmod
38	,	,	PUNCT	_	44 delay	punct
39	if	if	SCONJ	_	41 be	mark
40	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	41 be	expl
41	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	44 delay	cop
42	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	44 delay	det
43	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	44 delay	amod
44	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 head	appos
45	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	49 son	advmod
46	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	47 mother	nummod
47	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 son	nmod:poss
48	’s	's	PART	_	47 mother	case
49	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 receive	nsubj
50	of	of	ADP	_	51 ye	case
51	ye	ye	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	49 son	nmod
52	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	53 receive	aux
53	receive	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	44 delay	acl:relcl
54	mercy	mercy	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 receive	obj
55	at	at	ADP	_	57 hands	case
56	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	57 hands	nmod:poss
57	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	53 receive	obl
58	!	!	PUNCT	_	44 delay	punct
59	”	"	PUNCT	_	35 head	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: express	past	Muza			the head of Mahomet parataxis; hence property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	tell speech: assert in a quote	infinitive	Muza not said here				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	grant in a quote	present	your people	ambassadors = ambassador		the same terms obl; I nsubj	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent they=Theme
4	proffer in a quote	present · perfect	Muza	the same terms not said here			vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent term=Theme
5	provide in a quote	past	Muza not said here				vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme
6	surrender in a quote	infinitive · passive		the city		instantly property	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme
7	is a in a quote	infinitive		any further delay			tree rules
8	receive in a quote	shall	one mother's son of ye	mercy	my hands		vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent mercy=Theme at hand=Location

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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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Besieges the City of Merida., sentence 62