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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Besieges the City of Merida., sentence 74

When Sacarus, the governor of Merida, appeared before him, he lauded him greatly for the skill and courage he had displayed in the defence of his city; and, taking off his own scimitar, which was of great value, girded it upon him with his own hands.

Who acts: Sacarus, own scimitar · What happens: appear, laud, display, take off, be, gird · To what, where: Merida, courage, defence, own scimitar, City

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 (Sacarus, own scimitar), 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

marknsubjpunctdetapposcasenmodpunctadvclcaseoblpunctnsubjobjadvmodcasedetoblccconjnsubjauxacl:relclcasedetoblcasenmod:possnmodpunctccpunctadvclcompound:prtnmod:possamodobjpunctnsubjcopcaseamodconjpunctconjobjcaseoblcasenmod:possamodoblpunctrootWhenSCONJSacarusPROPN,PUNCTtheDETgovernorNOUNofADPMeridaPROPN,PUNCTappearedVERBbeforeADPhimPRON,PUNCThePRONlaudedVERBhimPRONgreatlyADVforADPtheDETskillNOUNandCCONJcourageNOUNhePRONhadAUXdisplayedVERBinADPtheDETdefenceNOUNofADPhisPRONcityNOUN;PUNCTandCCONJ,PUNCTtakingVERBoffADPhisPRONownADJscimitarNOUN,PUNCTwhichPRONwasAUXofADPgreatADJvalueNOUN,PUNCTgirdedVERBitPRONuponADPhimPRONwithADPhisPRONownADJhandsNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenSCONJ_9 appearedmark
2SacarusSacarusPROPNNumber=Sing9 appearednsubj
3,,PUNCT_5 governorpunct
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 governordet
5governorgovernorNOUNNumber=Sing2 Sacarusappos
6ofofADP_7 Meridacase
7MeridaMeridaPROPNNumber=Sing5 governornmod
8,,PUNCT_2 Sacaruspunct
9appearedappearVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin14 laudedadvcl
10beforebeforeADP_11 himcase
11himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 appearedobl
12,,PUNCT_9 appearedpunct
13hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs14 laudednsubj
14laudedlaudVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
15himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs14 laudedobj
16greatlygreatlyADV_14 laudedadvmod
17forforADP_19 skillcase
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 skilldet
19skillskillNOUNNumber=Sing14 laudedobl
20andandCCONJ_21 couragecc
21couragecourageNOUNNumber=Sing19 skillconj
22hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs24 displayednsubj
23hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin24 displayedaux
24displayeddisplayVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part21 courageacl:relcl
25ininADP_27 defencecase
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 defencedet
27defencedefenceNOUNNumber=Sing24 displayedobl
28ofofADP_30 citycase
29hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs30 citynmod:poss
30citycityNOUNNumber=Sing27 defencenmod
31;;PUNCT_34 takingpunct
32andandCCONJ_34 takingcc
33,,PUNCT_34 takingpunct
34takingtakeVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part14 laudedadvcl
35offoffADP_34 takingcompound:prt
36hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs38 scimitarnmod:poss
37ownownADJDegree=Pos38 scimitaramod
38scimitarscimitarNOUNNumber=Sing34 takingobj
39,,PUNCT_44 valuepunct
40whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel44 valuensubj
41wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin44 valuecop
42ofofADP_44 valuecase
43greatgreatADJDegree=Pos44 valueamod
44valuevalueNOUNNumber=Sing38 scimitarconj
45,,PUNCT_46 girdedpunct
46girdedgirdVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin14 laudedconj
47ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs46 girdedobj
48uponuponADP_49 himcase
49himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs46 girdedobl
50withwithADP_53 handscase
51hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs53 handsnmod:poss
52ownownADJDegree=Pos53 handsamod
53handshandNOUNNumber=Plur46 girdedobl
54..PUNCT_14 laudedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1appearpastSacarusbefore Meridavn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before he=Location
2laudpastSacarusMeridafor the skill and courage; greatly propertyvn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for skill=Attribute
3displaypast · perfectSacaruscourage not said herethe defence of Sacarus's cityvn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Theme
4take offgerundSacarus not said hereSacarus's own scimitar and great valuevn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scimitar=Theme
5ispastSacarus's own scimitar and great valueof great valuetree rules
6girdpastSacarus not said hereCityupon Sacarus; with Sacarus's own handstree rules
7defendSacarus's citynom defence «process transitive»: of=patient

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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