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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”, sentence 29

They confined not their slaughter to the soldiery in the alcazar, but roamed through every street, confounding the innocent with the guilty in one bloody massacre, and it was with the utmost difficulty that Abdalasis could at length succeed in staying their sanguinary career.

Who acts: gates, slaughter, Abdalasis · What happens: not confine, roam, confound, be, succeed, stay · To what, where: slaughter, soldiery, street, innocent, length, sanguinary career

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 (gates, slaughter, Abdalasis), 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

nsubjadvmodnmod:possobjcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctccconjcasedetoblpunctadvcldetobjcasedetoblcasenummodamodnmodpunctccnsubjcopcasedetamodparataxismarknsubjauxcaseobladvclmarkadvclnmod:possamodobjpunctrootTheyPRONconfinedVERBnotPARTtheirPRONslaughterNOUNtoADPtheDETsoldieryNOUNinADPtheDETalcazarNOUN,PUNCTbutCCONJroamedVERBthroughADPeveryDETstreetNOUN,PUNCTconfoundingVERBtheDETinnocentADJwithADPtheDETguiltyNOUNinADPoneNUMbloodyADJmassacreNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJitPRONwasAUXwithADPtheDETutmostADJdifficultyNOUNthatSCONJAbdalasisPROPNcouldAUXatADPlengthNOUNsucceedVERBinSCONJstayingVERBtheirPRONsanguinaryADJcareerNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs2 confinednsubj
2confinedconfineVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3notnotPARTPolarity=Neg2 confinedadvmod
4theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 slaughternmod:poss
5slaughterslaughterNOUNNumber=Sing2 confinedobj
6totoADP_8 soldierycase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 soldierydet
8soldierysoldieryNOUNNumber=Sing2 confinedobl
9ininADP_11 alcazarcase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 alcazardet
11alcazaralcazarNOUNNumber=Sing8 soldierynmod
12,,PUNCT_14 roamedpunct
13butbutCCONJ_14 roamedcc
14roamedroamVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 confinedconj
15throughthroughADP_17 streetcase
16everyeveryDETPronType=Tot17 streetdet
17streetstreetNOUNNumber=Sing14 roamedobl
18,,PUNCT_19 confoundingpunct
19confoundingconfoundVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part14 roamedadvcl
20thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art21 innocentdet
21innocentinnocentADJDegree=Pos19 confoundingobj
22withwithADP_24 guiltycase
23thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art24 guiltydet
24guiltyguiltyNOUNNumber=Sing19 confoundingobl
25ininADP_28 massacrecase
26oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card28 massacrenummod
27bloodybloodyADJDegree=Pos28 massacreamod
28massacremassacreNOUNNumber=Sing24 guiltynmod
29,,PUNCT_36 difficultypunct
30andandCCONJ_36 difficultycc
31ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs36 difficultynsubj
32wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin36 difficultycop
33withwithADP_36 difficultycase
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art36 difficultydet
35utmostutmostADJDegree=Pos36 difficultyamod
36difficultydifficultyNOUNNumber=Sing2 confinedparataxis
37thatthatSCONJ_42 succeedmark
38AbdalasisAbdalasisPROPNNumber=Sing42 succeednsubj
39couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin42 succeedaux
40atatADP_41 lengthcase
41lengthlengthNOUNNumber=Sing42 succeedobl
42succeedsucceedVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin36 difficultyadvcl
43ininSCONJ_44 stayingmark
44stayingstayVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part42 succeedadvcl
45theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs47 careernmod:poss
46sanguinarysanguinaryADJDegree=Pos47 careeramod
47careercareerNOUNNumber=Sing44 stayingobj
48..PUNCT_2 confinedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not confinepastgates = gategates's slaughterthe soldiery in the alcazarvn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent slaughter=Theme to soldiery=Destination
2roamparticiplegates = gate not said hereevery streetvn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through street=Trajectory
3confoundgerundgates = gate not said herethe innocentwith the guilty in one bloody massacrevn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus innocent=Experiencer
4ispastslaughterwith the utmost difficultytree rules
5succeedcouldAbdalasislengthvn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6staygerundAbdalasis not said heregates's sanguinary careervn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme career=Location
7slaughtergates = gatenom slaughter «act 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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