Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Arrives At Toledo.—interview Between Him and Taric., sentence 5
Taric heard of his approach, and came forth to meet him at Talavera, accompanied by many of the most distinguished companions of his victories, and with a train of horses and mules laden with spoils, with which he trusted to propitiate the favour of his commander.
Who acts: Taric · What happens: hear, come, meet, accompany, laden, spoil · To what, where: Taric, Talavera, favour, commander
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Muza Arrives At Toledo.—interview Between Him and Taric.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Taric), 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 | Taric | Taric | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 heard | nsubj |
| 2 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 approach | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 approach | nmod:poss |
| 5 | approach | approach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 heard | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 came | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 came | cc |
| 8 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 heard | conj |
| 9 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 8 came | advmod |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 meet | mark |
| 11 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 came | advcl |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 meet | obj |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 Talavera | case |
| 14 | Talavera | Talavera | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 meet | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 accompanied | punct |
| 16 | accompanied | accompany | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 meet | advcl |
| 17 | by | by | ADP | _ | 18 many | case |
| 18 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 accompanied | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 companions | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 companions | det |
| 21 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 22 distinguished | advmod |
| 22 | distinguished | distinguished | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 companions | amod |
| 23 | companions | companion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 many | nmod |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 victories | case |
| 25 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 victories | nmod:poss |
| 26 | victories | victory | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 companions | nmod |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 laden | punct |
| 28 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 laden | cc |
| 29 | with | with | ADP | _ | 31 train | case |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 train | det |
| 31 | train | train | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 laden | obl |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 33 horses | case |
| 33 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 train | nmod |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 mules | cc |
| 35 | mules | mule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 33 horses | conj |
| 36 | laden | laden | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 heard | parataxis |
| 37 | with | with | ADP | _ | 38 spoils | case |
| 38 | spoils | spoil | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 laden | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 trusted | punct |
| 40 | with | with | ADP | _ | 41 which | case |
| 41 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 43 trusted | obl |
| 42 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 43 trusted | nsubj |
| 43 | trusted | trust | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 heard | conj |
| 44 | to | to | PART | _ | 45 propitiate | mark |
| 45 | propitiate | propitiate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 43 trusted | xcomp |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 favour | det |
| 47 | favour | favour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 propitiate | obj |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 50 commander | case |
| 49 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 50 commander | nmod:poss |
| 50 | commander | commander | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 favour | nmod |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 heard | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past | Taric | of Taric's approach | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of approach=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | come | past | Taric not said here | forth property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | meet | to-infinitive | Taric not said here | Taric | Talavera | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | |||
| 4 | accompany | participle | Taric not said here | by many of the distinguished companions of Taric's victories | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by many=Destination | ||||
| 5 | laden | present | with a train of horses and mules | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | spoil | present | vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 7 | trust | past | Taric | which obl | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 8 | propitiate | to-infinitive | Taric not said here | the favour of Taric's commander | tree rules | ||||
| 9 | approach | Taric | nom approach «act intransitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 10 | favour | Taric's commander | nom favour «feeling transitive»: of=patient |
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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