Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XII., sentence 16
In this place had taken refuge many of the most valiant of the Gothic warriors; the remnants of armies, and fugitives from conquered cities.
What happens: take, conquer · To what, where: refuge, place
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter XII.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 place | case |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 place | det |
| 3 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 taken | obl |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 taken | aux |
| 5 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | refuge | refuge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 taken | obj |
| 7 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 refuge | amod |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 valiant | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 valiant | det |
| 10 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 11 valiant | advmod |
| 11 | valiant | valiant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 many | nmod |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 warriors | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 warriors | det |
| 14 | Gothic | gothic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 warriors | amod |
| 15 | warriors | warrior | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 valiant | nmod |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 18 remnants | punct |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 remnants | det |
| 18 | remnants | remnant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 taken | parataxis |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 armies | case |
| 20 | armies | army | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 remnants | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 fugitives | punct |
| 22 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 fugitives | cc |
| 23 | fugitives | fugitive | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 remnants | conj |
| 24 | from | from | ADP | _ | 26 cities | case |
| 25 | conquered | conquer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 26 cities | amod |
| 26 | cities | city | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 fugitives | nmod |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 taken | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past · perfect | refuge | this place | the remnants of armies and fugitives from conquered cities parataxis | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent refuge=Value in place=Location | |||
| 2 | conquer | participle | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=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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