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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”, sentence 74

He caused the women, therefore, to clothe themselves in male attire, to put on hats and helmets, to take long reeds in their hands instead of lances, and to cross their hair upon their chins in semblance of beards.

Who acts: Theodomir · What happens: cause, clothe, put, take, cross · To what, where: women, male attire, hats, long reeds, hands, hair

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

nsubjdetobjpunctadvmodpunctmarkparataxisobjcaseamodoblpunctmarkconjcaseoblccconjpunctmarkconjamodobjcasenmod:possoblcasefixedoblpunctccmarkconjnmod:possobjcasenmod:possoblcaseoblcasenmodpunctrootHePRONcausedVERBtheDETwomenNOUN,PUNCTthereforeADV,PUNCTtoPARTclotheVERBthemselvesPRONinADPmaleADJattireNOUN,PUNCTtoPARTputVERBonADPhatsNOUNandCCONJhelmetsNOUN,PUNCTtoPARTtakeVERBlongADJreedsNOUNinADPtheirPRONhandsNOUNinsteadADVofADPlancesNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJtoPARTcrossVERBtheirPRONhairNOUNuponADPtheirPRONchinsNOUNinADPsemblanceNOUNofADPbeardsNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 causednsubj
2causedcauseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 womendet
4womenwomanNOUNNumber=Plur2 causedobj
5,,PUNCT_6 thereforepunct
6thereforethereforeADV_2 causedadvmod
7,,PUNCT_9 clothepunct
8totoPART_9 clothemark
9clotheclotheVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin2 causedparataxis
10themselvesthemselvesPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes9 clotheobj
11ininADP_13 attirecase
12malemaleADJDegree=Pos13 attireamod
13attireattireNOUNNumber=Sing9 clotheobl
14,,PUNCT_16 putpunct
15totoPART_16 putmark
16putputVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin9 clotheconj
17ononADP_18 hatscase
18hatshatNOUNNumber=Plur16 putobl
19andandCCONJ_20 helmetscc
20helmetshelmetNOUNNumber=Plur18 hatsconj
21,,PUNCT_23 takepunct
22totoPART_23 takemark
23taketakeVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin16 putconj
24longlongADJDegree=Pos25 reedsamod
25reedsreedNOUNNumber=Plur23 takeobj
26ininADP_28 handscase
27theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs28 handsnmod:poss
28handshandNOUNNumber=Plur23 takeobl
29insteadinsteadADVExtPos=ADP31 lancescase
30ofofADP_29 insteadfixed
31lanceslanceNOUNNumber=Plur23 takeobl
32,,PUNCT_35 crosspunct
33andandCCONJ_35 crosscc
34totoPART_35 crossmark
35crosscrossVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Fin16 putconj
36theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs37 hairnmod:poss
37hairhairNOUNNumber=Sing35 crossobj
38uponuponADP_40 chinscase
39theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs40 chinsnmod:poss
40chinschinNOUNNumber=Plur35 crossobl
41ininADP_42 semblancecase
42semblancesemblanceNOUNNumber=Sing35 crossobl
43ofofADP_44 beardscase
44beardsbeardNOUNNumber=Plur42 semblancenmod
45..PUNCT_2 causedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1causepastTheodomirthe womentherefore propertyvn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition woman=Patient
2clotheto-infinitivewomen = womanmale attirevn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient
3putto-infinitivehats and helmetsvn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on hat=Destination
4taketo-infinitivelong reedsreeds's handsinstead lancesvn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent reed=Value in hand=Location
5crossto-infinitivereeds's hairupon reeds's chins; in semblance of beardsvn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent hair=Patient in semblance=Topic

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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