Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XII., sentence 30
He demanded, therefore, beside the usual terms, a heavy sum to be paid down by the citizens, called the contribution of blood; as by this they redeemed themselves from the edge of the sword.
Who acts: MUZA, citizens · What happens: demand, pay down, call, redeem, contribute · To what, where: usual terms, contribution, citizens, edge, blood · Speech: someone speaks here
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: who acts (MUZA, citizens), 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 demanded | nsubj |
| 2 | demanded | demand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 therefore | punct |
| 4 | therefore | therefore | ADV | _ | 2 demanded | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 terms | punct |
| 6 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 9 terms | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 terms | det |
| 8 | usual | usual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 terms | amod |
| 9 | terms | term | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 demanded | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 sum | punct |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 sum | det |
| 12 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 sum | amod |
| 13 | sum | sum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 terms | appos |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 paid | mark |
| 15 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 16 paid | aux:pass |
| 16 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 sum | acl |
| 17 | down | down | ADP | _ | 16 paid | compound:prt |
| 18 | by | by | ADP | _ | 20 citizens | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 citizens | det |
| 20 | citizens | citizen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 paid | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 called | punct |
| 22 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 citizens | acl |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 contribution | det |
| 24 | contribution | contribution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 called | xcomp |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 blood | case |
| 26 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 contribution | nmod |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 redeemed | punct |
| 28 | as | as | ADV | _ | 32 redeemed | advmod |
| 29 | by | by | ADP | _ | 30 this | case |
| 30 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 28 as | obl |
| 31 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 redeemed | nsubj |
| 32 | redeemed | redeem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 demanded | conj |
| 33 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 32 redeemed | obj |
| 34 | from | from | ADP | _ | 36 edge | case |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 edge | det |
| 36 | edge | edge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 redeemed | obl |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 sword | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 sword | det |
| 39 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 edge | nmod |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 demanded | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | demand speech: request | past | MUZA | the usual terms | therefore property | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | pay down | to-infinitive · passive | the citizens | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | call | participle | the citizens not said here | the contribution of blood | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | redeem | past | citizens = citizen | citizens = citizen | the edge of the sword | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme from edge=Source | |||
| 5 | contribute | blood | nom contribution «act 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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