Legends of the conquest of Spain, Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”, sentence 71
Turning then the reins of his own steed, and giving him the spur, he fled amain from the field, followed by the page; nor did he stop until he arrived within the walls of Orihuela.
Who acts: Theodomir · What happens: turn, give, flee, follow, stop, arrive · To what, where: reins, spur, Theodomir, field
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), 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 | Turning | turn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 17 fled | advcl |
| 2 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 reins | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 reins | det |
| 4 | reins | rein | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Turning | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 steed | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 steed | nmod:poss |
| 7 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 steed | amod |
| 8 | steed | steed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reins | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 giving | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 giving | cc |
| 11 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Turning | conj |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 giving | iobj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 spur | det |
| 14 | spur | spur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 giving | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Turning | punct |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 fled | nsubj |
| 17 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 18 | amain | amain | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 fled | xcomp |
| 19 | from | from | ADP | _ | 21 field | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 field | det |
| 21 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 amain | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 followed | punct |
| 23 | followed | follow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 field | acl |
| 24 | by | by | ADP | _ | 26 page | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 page | det |
| 26 | page | page | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 followed | obl |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 31 stop | punct |
| 28 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 31 stop | cc |
| 29 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 stop | aux |
| 30 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 31 stop | nsubj |
| 31 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 fled | conj |
| 32 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 34 arrived | mark |
| 33 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 34 arrived | nsubj |
| 34 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 stop | advcl |
| 35 | within | within | ADP | _ | 37 walls | case |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 walls | det |
| 37 | walls | wall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 arrived | obl |
| 38 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 Orihuela | case |
| 39 | Orihuela | Orihuela | PROPN | Number=Sing | 37 walls | nmod |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 fled | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | gerund | Theodomir not said here | the reins of Theodomir's own steed | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent rein=Theme | ||||
| 2 | give | gerund | Theodomir not said here | the spur | Theodomir | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient spur=Theme | |||
| 3 | flee | past | Theodomir | amain property | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | follow | participle | the field not said here | by the page | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by page=Location | ||||
| 5 | stop | past · do-support | Theodomir | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 6 | arrive | past | Theodomir | within the walls of Orihuela | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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