Legends of the conquest of Spain, Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”, sentence 69
“Part not from me,” said he, “but do thou at least attend to my counsel, my son; and, of a truth, I believe thou art my son, for thou art the offspring of one of my handmaids who was kind unto me.”
Who acts: Theodomir, handmaids · What happens: say, attend, believe, be · To what, where: least · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Theodomir, handmaids), 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 Part | punct |
| 2 | Part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 said | ccomp |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 me | advmod |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 me | case |
| 5 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 Part | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 me | punct |
| 7 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Part | punct |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 said | nsubj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 attend | punct |
| 11 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 attend | punct |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 13 do | cc |
| 13 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 attend | aux |
| 14 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 13 do | obj |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 least | case |
| 16 | least | least | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 17 attend | obl |
| 17 | attend | attend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 said | ccomp |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 counsel | case |
| 19 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 counsel | nmod:poss |
| 20 | counsel | counsel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 attend | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 son | punct |
| 22 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 son | nmod:poss |
| 23 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 attend | vocative |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 believe | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 believe | cc |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 and | punct |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 truth | case |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 truth | det |
| 29 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 believe | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 truth | punct |
| 31 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 32 believe | nsubj |
| 32 | believe | believe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 said | parataxis |
| 33 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 34 art | nsubj |
| 34 | art | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 believe | ccomp |
| 35 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 son | nmod:poss |
| 36 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 art | obj |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 art | punct |
| 38 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 40 art | mark |
| 39 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 40 art | nsubj |
| 40 | art | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 believe | conj |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 offspring | det |
| 42 | offspring | offspring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 art | obj |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 one | case |
| 44 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 42 offspring | nmod |
| 45 | of | of | ADP | _ | 47 handmaids | case |
| 46 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 47 handmaids | nmod:poss |
| 47 | handmaids | handmaid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 one | nmod |
| 48 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 50 kind | nsubj |
| 49 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 kind | cop |
| 50 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 handmaids | acl:relcl |
| 51 | unto | unto | ADP | _ | 52 me | case |
| 52 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 50 kind | obl |
| 53 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
| 54 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Theodomir | Part from me ccomp | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | attend in a quote | present · do-support | least | to my counsel; my son vocative | vn caring-75.2-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent to counsel=Theme | ||||
| 3 | believe in a quote | present | Theodomir | of a truth | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | is in a quote | past | my handmaids | unto Theodomir; kind property | 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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