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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 caused | nsubj |
| 2 | caused | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 women | det |
| 4 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 caused | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 therefore | punct |
| 6 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 2 caused | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 clothe | punct |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 clothe | mark |
| 9 | clothe | clothe | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 caused | parataxis |
| 10 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 9 clothe | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 attire | case |
| 12 | male | male | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 attire | amod |
| 13 | attire | attire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 clothe | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 put | punct |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 put | mark |
| 16 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 9 clothe | conj |
| 17 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 hats | case |
| 18 | hats | hat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 put | obl |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 helmets | cc |
| 20 | helmets | helmet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 hats | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 take | punct |
| 22 | to | to | PART | _ | 23 take | mark |
| 23 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 16 put | conj |
| 24 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 reeds | amod |
| 25 | reeds | reed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 take | obj |
| 26 | in | in | ADP | _ | 28 hands | case |
| 27 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 hands | nmod:poss |
| 28 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 take | obl |
| 29 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=ADP | 31 lances | case |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 instead | fixed |
| 31 | lances | lance | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 take | obl |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 35 cross | punct |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 cross | cc |
| 34 | to | to | PART | _ | 35 cross | mark |
| 35 | cross | cross | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 16 put | conj |
| 36 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 hair | nmod:poss |
| 37 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 cross | obj |
| 38 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 40 chins | case |
| 39 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 chins | nmod:poss |
| 40 | chins | chin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 cross | obl |
| 41 | in | in | ADP | _ | 42 semblance | case |
| 42 | semblance | semblance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 cross | obl |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 beards | case |
| 44 | beards | beard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 42 semblance | nmod |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 caused | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | past | Theodomir | the women | therefore property | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition woman=Patient | |||
| 2 | clothe | to-infinitive | women = woman | male attire | vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient | ||||
| 3 | put | to-infinitive | hats and helmets | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on hat=Destination | |||||
| 4 | take | to-infinitive | long reeds | reeds's hands | instead lances | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent reed=Value in hand=Location | |||
| 5 | cross | to-infinitive | reeds's hair | upon reeds's chins; in semblance of beards | vn 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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