Legends of the conquest of Spain, Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”, sentence 25
The principal people of the city had taken no part in this gallant but fruitless insurrection; and now, when they beheld the army of Abdalasis encamped upon the banks of the Guadalquivir, would fain have gone forth to make explanations, and intercede for mercy.
Who acts: people, army, fain · What happens: take, behold, encamp, go, make, intercede · To what, where: principal people, gallant insurrection, explanations
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 (people, army, fain), 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 | 3 people | det |
| 2 | principal | principal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 people | amod |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 taken | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 city | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 city | det |
| 6 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 people | nmod |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 taken | aux |
| 8 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 10 part | det |
| 10 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 taken | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 insurrection | case |
| 12 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 16 insurrection | det |
| 13 | gallant | gallant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 insurrection | amod |
| 14 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 15 fruitless | cc |
| 15 | fruitless | fruitless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 gallant | conj |
| 16 | insurrection | insurrection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 taken | obl |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 beheld | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 beheld | cc |
| 19 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 23 beheld | advmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 beheld | punct |
| 21 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 23 beheld | advmod |
| 22 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 beheld | nsubj |
| 23 | beheld | behold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 taken | parataxis |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 army | det |
| 25 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 encamped | nsubj |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 Abdalasis | case |
| 27 | Abdalasis | Abdalasis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 army | nmod |
| 28 | encamped | encamp | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 beheld | parataxis |
| 29 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 31 banks | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 banks | det |
| 31 | banks | bank | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 encamped | obl |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 Guadalquivir | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Guadalquivir | det |
| 34 | Guadalquivir | Guadalquivir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 31 banks | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 fain | punct |
| 36 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 37 fain | aux |
| 37 | fain | fain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 gone | nsubj |
| 38 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 39 gone | aux |
| 39 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 28 encamped | parataxis |
| 40 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 39 gone | advmod |
| 41 | to | to | PART | _ | 42 make | mark |
| 42 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 39 gone | advcl |
| 43 | explanations | explanation | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 make | obj |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 intercede | punct |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 intercede | cc |
| 46 | intercede | intercede | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 beheld | conj |
| 47 | for | for | ADP | _ | 48 mercy | case |
| 48 | mercy | mercy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 intercede | obl |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 taken | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past · perfect · passive | the principal people of the city | this gallant insurrection | no part obj | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme part=Destination | |||
| 2 | behold | past | people | now | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | encamp | past | the army of Abdalasis | upon the banks of the Guadalquivir | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | go | present · perfect | fain | forth property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | make | to-infinitive | fain not said here | explanations | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset explanation=Product | ||||
| 6 | intercede | infinitive | people not said here | for mercy | tree rules |
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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