Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XII., sentence 7
To each regiment or squadron was allowed a limited number of sumpter mules and attendants; barely enough to carry their necessary baggage and supplies: nothing was permitted that could needlessly diminish the number of fighting men, delay their rapid movements, or consume their provisions.
Who acts: regiment · What happens: allow, carry, permit, diminish, fight, delay · To what, where: regiment, necessary baggage, nothing, number, rapid movements, provisions
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 (regiment), 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 | To | to | ADP | _ | 3 regiment | case |
| 2 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 regiment | det |
| 3 | regiment | regiment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 squadron | cc |
| 5 | squadron | squadron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 regiment | conj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 allowed | aux:pass |
| 7 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 number | det |
| 9 | limited | limited | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 number | amod |
| 10 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 allowed | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 mules | case |
| 12 | sumpter | sumpter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 mules | compound |
| 13 | mules | mule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 number | nmod |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 attendants | cc |
| 15 | attendants | attendant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 mules | conj |
| 16 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 carry | punct |
| 17 | barely | barely | ADV | _ | 18 enough | advmod |
| 18 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 20 carry | advmod |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 carry | mark |
| 20 | carry | carry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 7 allowed | parataxis |
| 21 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 baggage | nmod:poss |
| 22 | necessary | necessary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 baggage | amod |
| 23 | baggage | baggage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 carry | obj |
| 24 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 25 supplies | cc |
| 25 | supplies | supplies | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 23 baggage | conj |
| 26 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 29 permitted | punct |
| 27 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 29 permitted | nsubj:pass |
| 28 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 permitted | aux:pass |
| 29 | permitted | permit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 20 carry | parataxis |
| 30 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 33 diminish | mark |
| 31 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 33 diminish | aux |
| 32 | needlessly | needlessly | ADV | _ | 33 diminish | advmod |
| 33 | diminish | diminish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 permitted | advcl |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 number | det |
| 35 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 diminish | obj |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 38 men | case |
| 37 | fighting | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 38 men | amod |
| 38 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 35 number | nmod |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 delay | punct |
| 40 | delay | delay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 permitted | parataxis |
| 41 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 movements | nmod:poss |
| 42 | rapid | rapid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 movements | amod |
| 43 | movements | movement | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 delay | obj |
| 44 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 46 consume | punct |
| 45 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 46 consume | cc |
| 46 | consume | consume | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 40 delay | conj |
| 47 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 provisions | nmod:poss |
| 48 | provisions | provision | NOUN | Number=Plur | 46 consume | obj |
| 49 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 allowed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | past · passive | each regiment or squadron | a limited number of sumpter mules and attendants obj | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal number=Theme | ||||
| 2 | carry | to-infinitive | regiment's necessary baggage and supplies | enough property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baggage=Theme | ||||
| 3 | permit | past · passive | nothing | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 4 | diminish | could | the number of fighting men | needlessly property | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer number=Patient | ||||
| 5 | fight | gerund | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 6 | delay | present | regiment's rapid movements | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent movement=Source | |||||
| 7 | consume | infinitive | regiment's provisions | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent provision=Asset | |||||
| 8 | move | regiment | nom movement «act transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 9 | provide | regiment | nom provision «communication intransitive»: poss=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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