Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Besieges the City of Merida., sentence 75
“Wear this,” said he, “as a poor memorial of my admiration; a soldier of such virtue and valour is worthy of far higher honours.”
Who acts: Sacarus, soldier, my · What happens: wear, say, be, admire · To what, where: this · 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 (Sacarus, soldier, my), 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 | _ | 2 Wear | punct |
| 2 | Wear | wear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 said | ccomp |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 Wear | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wear | punct |
| 5 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Wear | punct |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 said | nsubj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 memorial | punct |
| 9 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 memorial | punct |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 memorial | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 memorial | det |
| 12 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 memorial | amod |
| 13 | memorial | memorial | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 said | ccomp |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 admiration | case |
| 15 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 admiration | nmod:poss |
| 16 | admiration | admiration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 memorial | nmod |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 worthy | punct |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 soldier | det |
| 19 | soldier | soldier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 worthy | nsubj |
| 20 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 virtue | case |
| 21 | such | such | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 virtue | amod |
| 22 | virtue | virtue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 soldier | nmod |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 valour | cc |
| 24 | valour | valour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 virtue | conj |
| 25 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 worthy | cop |
| 26 | worthy | worthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 said | parataxis |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 honours | case |
| 28 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 29 higher | advmod |
| 29 | higher | high | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 30 honours | amod |
| 30 | honours | honour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 worthy | obl |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 26 worthy | punct |
| 32 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 worthy | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear in a quote | infinitive | this | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent this=Source | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | Sacarus | a poor memorial of my admiration ccomp | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | a soldier of such virtue and valour | of higher honours; worthy property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | admire in a quote | my | nom admiration «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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