Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XII., sentence 37
[50] Returning into Spain, he scoured its northern regions along Gallicia and the Asturias; passed triumphantly through Lusitania, and arrived once more in Andalusia, covered with laurels, and enriched with immense spoils.
Who acts: 50, MUZA · What happens: return, scour, pass, arrive, cover, enrich · To what, where: Spain, northern regions, Lusitania, more, Andalusia
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 (50, MUZA), 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 | [ | [ | PUNCT | _ | 2 50 | punct |
| 2 | 50 | 50 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 Returning | nsubj |
| 3 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 2 50 | punct |
| 4 | Returning | return | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 scoured | advcl |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 Spain | case |
| 6 | Spain | Spain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Returning | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Returning | punct |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 scoured | nsubj |
| 9 | scoured | scour | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 regions | nmod:poss |
| 11 | northern | northern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 regions | amod |
| 12 | regions | region | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 scoured | obj |
| 13 | along | along | ADP | _ | 14 Gallicia | case |
| 14 | Gallicia | Gallicia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 scoured | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 Asturias | cc |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Asturias | det |
| 17 | Asturias | Asturias | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Gallicia | conj |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 19 passed | punct |
| 19 | passed | pass | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 scoured | conj |
| 20 | triumphantly | triumphantly | ADV | _ | 19 passed | advmod |
| 21 | through | through | ADP | _ | 22 Lusitania | case |
| 22 | Lusitania | Lusitania | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 passed | obl |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 arrived | punct |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 arrived | cc |
| 25 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 scoured | parataxis |
| 26 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 27 more | advmod |
| 27 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 25 arrived | obj |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 Andalusia | case |
| 29 | Andalusia | Andalusia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 25 arrived | obl |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 covered | punct |
| 31 | covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 25 arrived | conj |
| 32 | with | with | ADP | _ | 33 laurels | case |
| 33 | laurels | laurel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 covered | obl |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 enriched | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 enriched | cc |
| 36 | enriched | enrich | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 scoured | conj |
| 37 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 39 spoils | mark |
| 38 | immense | immense | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 39 spoils | amod |
| 39 | spoils | spoil | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 enriched | advcl |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 scoured | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | return | gerund | 50 | Spain | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into spain=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | scour | past | MUZA | land's northern regions | along Gallicia and the Asturias | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent region=Source | |||
| 3 | pass | participle | MUZA not said here | Lusitania | triumphantly property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through lusitania=Location | |||
| 4 | arrive | past | more | Andalusia | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | cover | participle | with laurels | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with laurel=Theme | |||||
| 6 | enrich | participle | MUZA not said here | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | spoil | present | MUZA not said here | vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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