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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”, sentence 88

Abdalasis waited until the whole had come forth; then, turning to Theodomir, “Where,” cried he, “are the soldiers whom I saw last evening, lining the walls and towers?”

Who acts: Abdalasis, whole · What happens: wait, come, turn, cry, be, see · To what, where: Theodomir, Abdalasis, soldiers, walls · 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 (Abdalasis, whole), 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

nsubjmarkdetnsubjauxadvcladvmodpunctadvmodpunctadvclcaseoblpunctpunctadvmodpunctpunctconjobjpunctpunctcopdetconjobjnsubjacl:relclamodobl:unmarkedpunctconjdetobjccconjpunctpunctrootAbdalasisPROPNwaitedVERBuntilSCONJtheDETwholeADJhadAUXcomeVERBforthADV;PUNCTthenADV,PUNCTturningVERBtoADPTheodomirPROPN,PUNCT“PUNCTWhereADV,PUNCT”PUNCTcriedVERBhePRON,PUNCT“PUNCTareAUXtheDETsoldiersNOUNwhomPRONIPRONsawVERBlastADJeveningNOUN,PUNCTliningVERBtheDETwallsNOUNandCCONJtowersNOUN?PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AbdalasisAbdalasisPROPNNumber=Sing2 waitednsubj
2waitedwaitVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
3untiluntilSCONJ_7 comemark
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 wholedet
5wholewholeADJDegree=Pos7 comensubj
6hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 comeaux
7comecomeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part2 waitedadvcl
8forthforthADV_7 comeadvmod
9;;PUNCT_12 turningpunct
10thenthenADVPronType=Dem12 turningadvmod
11,,PUNCT_12 turningpunct
12turningturnVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 waitedadvcl
13totoADP_14 Theodomircase
14TheodomirTheodomirPROPNNumber=Sing12 turningobl
15,,PUNCT_20 criedpunct
16“"PUNCT_17 Wherepunct
17WherewhereADVPronType=Rel20 criedadvmod
18,,PUNCT_17 Wherepunct
19”"PUNCT_17 Wherepunct
20criedcryVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 turningconj
21hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs20 criedobj
22,,PUNCT_26 soldierspunct
23“"PUNCT_26 soldierspunct
24arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin26 soldierscop
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art26 soldiersdet
26soldierssoldierNOUNNumber=Plur12 turningconj
27whomwhomPRONPronType=Rel29 sawobj
28IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs29 sawnsubj
29sawseeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin26 soldiersacl:relcl
30lastlastADJDegree=Pos31 eveningamod
31eveningeveningNOUNNumber=Sing29 sawobl:unmarked
32,,PUNCT_33 liningpunct
33lininglineVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part12 turningconj
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art35 wallsdet
35wallswallNOUNNumber=Plur33 liningobj
36andandCCONJ_37 towerscc
37towerstowerNOUNNumber=Plur35 wallsconj
38??PUNCT_2 waitedpunct
39”"PUNCT_2 waitedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1waitpastAbdalasisvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2comepast · perfectthe wholeforth propertyvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3turngerundAbdalasis not said hereTheodomirthenvn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to theodomir=Result
4cry speech: expresspastAbdalasis not said hereAbdalasisvn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic
5is a in a quotepresentAbdalasis not said herethe soldierstree rules
6see in a quotepastAbdalasisthe soldierseveningvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer whom=Stimulus
7line in a quotegerundAbdalasis not said herethe walls and towersvn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wall=Destination

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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