Legends of the conquest of Spain, Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”, sentence 83
The articles of capitulation were then drawn out; and, when Abdalasis had affixed his name and seal, Theodomir took the pen and wrote his signature.
Who acts: Abdalasis, Theodomir · What happens: draw out, affix, take, write, article, name · To what, where: articles, name, pen, signature, capitulation
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 (Abdalasis, 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 articles | det |
| 2 | articles | article | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 drawn | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 capitulation | case |
| 4 | capitulation | capitulation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 articles | nmod |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 drawn | aux:pass |
| 6 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 drawn | advmod |
| 7 | drawn | draw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 drawn | compound:prt |
| 9 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 15 affixed | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 affixed | cc |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 affixed | punct |
| 12 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 15 affixed | advmod |
| 13 | Abdalasis | Abdalasis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 affixed | nsubj |
| 14 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 affixed | aux |
| 15 | affixed | affix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 drawn | advcl |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 name | nmod:poss |
| 17 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 affixed | obj |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 seal | cc |
| 19 | seal | seal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 name | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 took | punct |
| 21 | Theodomir | Theodomir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 took | nsubj |
| 22 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 drawn | parataxis |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 pen | det |
| 24 | pen | pen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 took | obj |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 wrote | cc |
| 26 | wrote | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 22 took | conj |
| 27 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 28 signature | nmod:poss |
| 28 | signature | signature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 wrote | obj |
| 29 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 drawn | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw out | past · passive | the articles of capitulation | then | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | affix | past · perfect | Abdalasis | Abdalasis's name and seal | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient | ||||
| 3 | take | past | Theodomir | the pen | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pen=Theme | ||||
| 4 | write | past | Theodomir not said here | Theodomir's signature | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent signature=Theme | ||||
| 5 | article | capitulation | nom article «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 6 | name | Abdalasis | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 7 | sign | Theodomir | nom signature «communication 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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