Legends of the conquest of Spain, Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”, sentence 16
The troops rushed to the alcazar, took it by surprise, and put many of the Moslem garrison to the sword: the residue made their escape, and fled to the Arab camp before Merida, leaving Seville in the hands of the Christians.
Who acts: troops, residue · What happens: rush, take, put, make, flee, leave · To what, where: alcazar, many, escape, Arab camp, Seville, hands
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (troops, residue), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 troops | det |
| 2 | troops | troops | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 3 rushed | nsubj |
| 3 | rushed | rush | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 alcazar | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 alcazar | det |
| 6 | alcazar | alcazar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rushed | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 took | punct |
| 8 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 rushed | parataxis |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 took | obj |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 surprise | case |
| 11 | surprise | surprise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 took | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 put | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 put | cc |
| 14 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 took | conj |
| 15 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 put | obj |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 garrison | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 garrison | det |
| 18 | Moslem | Moslem | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 garrison | amod |
| 19 | garrison | garrison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 many | nmod |
| 20 | to | to | ADP | _ | 22 sword | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 sword | det |
| 22 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 put | obl |
| 23 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 26 made | punct |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 residue | det |
| 25 | residue | residue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 made | nsubj |
| 26 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 rushed | parataxis |
| 27 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 escape | nmod:poss |
| 28 | escape | escape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 made | obj |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 fled | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 fled | cc |
| 31 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 made | conj |
| 32 | to | to | ADP | _ | 35 camp | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 camp | det |
| 34 | Arab | Arab | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 camp | amod |
| 35 | camp | camp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 fled | obl |
| 36 | before | before | ADP | _ | 37 Merida | case |
| 37 | Merida | Merida | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 fled | obl |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 leaving | punct |
| 39 | leaving | leave | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 31 fled | advcl |
| 40 | Seville | Seville | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 leaving | obj |
| 41 | in | in | ADP | _ | 43 hands | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 hands | det |
| 43 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 39 leaving | obl |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 Christians | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 46 Christians | det |
| 46 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 43 hands | nmod |
| 47 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 rushed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rush | past | the troops | to the alcazar result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to alcazar=Result | ||||
| 2 | take | past | alcazar | by surprise | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 3 | put | past | many of the Moslem garrison | to the sword | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent many=Goal | ||||
| 4 | make | past | the residue | troops's escape | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset escape=Product | ||||
| 5 | flee | past | the residue not said here | the Arab camp | before Merida | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to camp=Initial_Location | |||
| 6 | leave | gerund | the residue not said here | Seville | the hands of the Christians | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent seville=Theme in hand=Location | |||
| 7 | escape | troops | nom escape «act intransitive»: 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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