Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XII., sentence 34
The Arab generals pursued their conquests even to the foot of the Pyrenees: Taric then descended along the course of the Ebro, and continued along the Mediterranean coast; subduing the famous city of Valencia, with its rich and beautiful domains, and carrying the success of his arms even to Denia.
Who acts: Arab generals, Taric · What happens: pursue, descend, continue, subdue, carry · To what, where: conquests, course, Mediterranean coast, famous city, success, Denia
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 (Arab generals, 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 generals | det |
| 2 | Arab | Arab | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 generals | amod |
| 3 | generals | general | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 pursued | nsubj |
| 4 | pursued | pursue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 conquests | nmod:poss |
| 6 | conquests | conquest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 pursued | obj |
| 7 | even | even | ADV | _ | 10 foot | advmod |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 foot | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 foot | det |
| 10 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pursued | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Pyrenees | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Pyrenees | det |
| 13 | Pyrenees | Pyrenees | PROPN | Number=Plur | 10 foot | nmod |
| 14 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 17 descended | punct |
| 15 | Taric | Taric | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 descended | nsubj |
| 16 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 17 descended | advmod |
| 17 | descended | descend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 pursued | conj |
| 18 | along | along | ADP | _ | 20 course | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 course | det |
| 20 | course | course | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 descended | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 Ebro | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 Ebro | det |
| 23 | Ebro | Ebro | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 course | nmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 continued | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 continued | cc |
| 26 | continued | continue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 descended | parataxis |
| 27 | along | along | ADP | _ | 30 coast | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 coast | det |
| 29 | Mediterranean | Mediterranean | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 coast | compound |
| 30 | coast | coast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 continued | obl |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 subduing | punct |
| 32 | subduing | subdue | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 pursued | advcl |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 city | det |
| 34 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 city | amod |
| 35 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 subduing | obj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 Valencia | case |
| 37 | Valencia | Valencia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 35 city | nmod |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 domains | punct |
| 39 | with | with | ADP | _ | 44 domains | case |
| 40 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 44 domains | nmod:poss |
| 41 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 44 domains | amod |
| 42 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 43 beautiful | cc |
| 43 | beautiful | beautiful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 41 rich | conj |
| 44 | domains | domain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 subduing | obl |
| 45 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 carrying | punct |
| 46 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 carrying | cc |
| 47 | carrying | carry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 32 subduing | conj |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 success | det |
| 49 | success | success | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 carrying | obj |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 arms | case |
| 51 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 52 arms | nmod:poss |
| 52 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 49 success | nmod |
| 53 | even | even | ADV | _ | 55 Denia | advmod |
| 54 | to | to | ADP | _ | 55 Denia | case |
| 55 | Denia | Denia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 47 carrying | obl |
| 56 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 pursued | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pursue | past | the Arab generals | generals's conquests | the foot of the Pyrenees obj | tree rules | |||
| 2 | descend | past | Taric | the course of the Ebro | then | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along course=Location | |||
| 3 | continue | participle | the Mediterranean coast | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme along coast=Initial_Location | |||||
| 4 | subdue | gerund | the Arab generals not said here | the famous city of Valencia | with coast's rich domains | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent city=Patient with domain=Instrument | |||
| 5 | carry | gerund | the Arab generals not said here | the success of Taric's arms | Denia | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent success=Theme to denia=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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