Mova0.5 pre-release⌕
☰
home / corpora / tales / Legends of the conquest of Spain / Expedition of Abdalasis Against Sevill… / 23

Legends of the conquest of Spain, Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”, sentence 23

When he came in sight of the fair city of Seville, seated like a queen in the midst of its golden plain, with the Guadalquivir flowing beneath its walls, he gazed upon it with the admiration of a lover, and lamented in his soul that he had to visit it as an avenger.

Who acts: Oppas, Guadalquivir · What happens: come, seat, flow, gaze, lament, have · To what, where: sight, fair city, walls, soul, Guadalquivir, lover

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 (Oppas, Guadalquivir), 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

advmodnsubjadvclcaseoblcasedetamodnmodcasenmodpunctacl:relclcasedetoblcasedetnmodcasenmod:possamodnmodpunctmarkdetnsubjadvclcasenmod:possoblpunctnsubjcaseoblcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctccconjcasenmod:possoblmarknsubjadvclmarkxcompobjcasedetoblpunctrootWhenADVhePRONcameVERBinADPsightNOUNofADPtheDETfairADJcityNOUNofADPSevillePROPN,PUNCTseatedVERBlikeADPaDETqueenNOUNinADPtheDETmidstNOUNofADPitsPRONgoldenADJplainNOUN,PUNCTwithSCONJtheDETGuadalquivirPROPNflowingVERBbeneathADPitsPRONwallsNOUN,PUNCThePRONgazedVERBuponADPitPRONwithADPtheDETadmirationNOUNofADPaDETloverNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJlamentedVERBinADPhisPRONsoulNOUNthatSCONJhePRONhadVERBtoPARTvisitVERBitPRONasADPanDETavengerNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenADVPronType=Int3 cameadvmod
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 camensubj
3camecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin34 gazedadvcl
4ininADP_5 sightcase
5sightsightNOUNNumber=Sing3 cameobl
6ofofADP_9 citycase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 citydet
8fairfairADJDegree=Pos9 cityamod
9citycityNOUNNumber=Sing5 sightnmod
10ofofADP_11 Sevillecase
11SevilleSevillePROPNNumber=Sing9 citynmod
12,,PUNCT_13 seatedpunct
13seatedseatVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass9 cityacl:relcl
14likelikeADP_16 queencase
15aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art16 queendet
16queenqueenNOUNNumber=Sing13 seatedobl
17ininADP_19 midstcase
18thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 midstdet
19midstmidstNOUNNumber=Sing16 queennmod
20ofofADP_23 plaincase
21itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs23 plainnmod:poss
22goldengoldenADJDegree=Pos23 plainamod
23plainplainNOUNNumber=Sing19 midstnmod
24,,PUNCT_28 flowingpunct
25withwithSCONJ_28 flowingmark
26thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 Guadalquivirdet
27GuadalquivirGuadalquivirPROPNNumber=Sing28 flowingnsubj
28flowingflowVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part3 cameadvcl
29beneathbeneathADP_31 wallscase
30itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs31 wallsnmod:poss
31wallswallNOUNNumber=Plur28 flowingobl
32,,PUNCT_3 camepunct
33hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs34 gazednsubj
34gazedgazeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
35uponuponADP_36 itcase
36ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs34 gazedobl
37withwithADP_39 admirationcase
38thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art39 admirationdet
39admirationadmirationNOUNNumber=Sing34 gazedobl
40ofofADP_42 lovercase
41aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art42 loverdet
42loverloverNOUNNumber=Sing39 admirationnmod
43,,PUNCT_45 lamentedpunct
44andandCCONJ_45 lamentedcc
45lamentedlamentVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass34 gazedconj
46ininADP_48 soulcase
47hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs48 soulnmod:poss
48soulsoulNOUNNumber=Sing45 lamentedobl
49thatthatSCONJ_51 hadmark
50hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs51 hadnsubj
51hadhaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin45 lamentedadvcl
52totoPART_53 visitmark
53visitvisitVERBVerbForm=Inf51 hadxcomp
54ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs53 visitobj
55asasADP_57 avengercase
56anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art57 avengerdet
57avengeravengerNOUNNumber=Sing53 visitobl
58..PUNCT_34 gazedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1comepastOppassight of the fair city of Sevillevn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sight=Location
2seatparticiplethe fair city of Seville not said herelike a queen in the midst of midst's golden plainvn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location
3flowgerundthe GuadalquivirGuadalquivir's wallsvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beneath wall=Location
4gazepastOppasupon Guadalquivir; with the admiration of a lovervn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon it=Theme
5lamentparticipleOppas not said hereOppas's soulvn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
6havepastOppastree rules
7visitto-infinitiveOppas not said hereGuadalquiviras a avengervn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Co-Agent
8sightthe fair city of Sevillenom sight «cognition transitive»: of=patient
9admirea lovernom admiration «feeling 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.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/23/