Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIII., sentence 19
When Muza sallied forth from Cordova to repair to Damascus, his cavalgada appeared like the sumptuous pageant of some Oriental potentate; for he had numerous guards and attendants splendidly armed and arrayed, together with four hundred hostages, who were youthful cavaliers of the noblest families of the Goths, and a great number of captives of both sexes, chosen for their beauty, and intended as presents for the caliph.
Who acts: Muza, cavalgada, man, hundred hostages · What happens: sally, repair, appear, have, array, be · To what, where: Cordova, Damascus, numerous guards, youthful cavaliers, sexes
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter XIII.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Muza, cavalgada, man, hundred hostages), 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 | When | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 sallied | advmod |
| 2 | Muza | Muza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 sallied | nsubj |
| 3 | sallied | sally | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 appeared | advcl |
| 4 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 3 sallied | advmod |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 Cordova | case |
| 6 | Cordova | Cordova | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 sallied | obl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 repair | mark |
| 8 | repair | repair | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 sallied | advcl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 Damascus | case |
| 10 | Damascus | Damascus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 repair | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 sallied | punct |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 cavalgada | nmod:poss |
| 13 | cavalgada | cavalgada | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 appeared | nsubj |
| 14 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | like | like | ADP | _ | 18 pageant | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 pageant | det |
| 17 | sumptuous | sumptuous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 pageant | amod |
| 18 | pageant | pageant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 appeared | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 22 potentate | case |
| 20 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 22 potentate | det |
| 21 | Oriental | oriental | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 potentate | amod |
| 22 | potentate | potentate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 pageant | nmod |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 had | punct |
| 24 | for | for | ADP | _ | 26 had | case |
| 25 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 had | nsubj |
| 26 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 appeared | parataxis |
| 27 | numerous | numerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 guards | amod |
| 28 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 had | obj |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 30 attendants | cc |
| 30 | attendants | attendant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 28 guards | conj |
| 31 | splendidly | splendidly | ADV | _ | 32 armed | advmod |
| 32 | armed | armed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 guards | amod |
| 33 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 34 arrayed | cc |
| 34 | arrayed | array | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 had | conj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 together | punct |
| 36 | together | together | ADV | _ | 34 arrayed | advmod |
| 37 | with | with | ADP | _ | 40 hostages | case |
| 38 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 39 hundred | compound |
| 39 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 40 hostages | nummod |
| 40 | hostages | hostage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 arrayed | obl |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 cavaliers | punct |
| 42 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 45 cavaliers | nsubj |
| 43 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 45 cavaliers | cop |
| 44 | youthful | youthful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 cavaliers | amod |
| 45 | cavaliers | cavalier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 hostages | nmod |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 families | case |
| 47 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 49 families | det |
| 48 | noblest | noble | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 49 families | amod |
| 49 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 45 cavaliers | nmod |
| 50 | of | of | ADP | _ | 52 Goths | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 Goths | det |
| 52 | Goths | Goth | PROPN | Number=Plur | 49 families | nmod |
| 53 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 number | punct |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 number | cc |
| 55 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 57 number | det |
| 56 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 number | amod |
| 57 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 had | conj |
| 58 | of | of | ADP | _ | 59 captives | case |
| 59 | captives | captive | NOUN | Number=Plur | 57 number | nmod |
| 60 | of | of | ADP | _ | 62 sexes | case |
| 61 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 62 sexes | det |
| 62 | sexes | sex | NOUN | Number=Plur | 59 captives | nmod |
| 63 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 chosen | punct |
| 64 | chosen | choose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 62 sexes | acl |
| 65 | for | for | ADP | _ | 67 beauty | case |
| 66 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 67 beauty | nmod:poss |
| 67 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 chosen | obl |
| 68 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 70 intended | punct |
| 69 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 70 intended | cc |
| 70 | intended | intend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 appeared | conj |
| 71 | as | as | ADP | _ | 72 presents | case |
| 72 | presents | present | NOUN | Number=Plur | 70 intended | obl |
| 73 | for | for | ADP | _ | 75 caliph | case |
| 74 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 75 caliph | det |
| 75 | caliph | caliph | NOUN | Number=Sing | 70 intended | obl |
| 76 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 appeared | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sally | past | Muza | Cordova | forth property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | repair | to-infinitive | Muza not said here | Damascus | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | appear | past | man's cavalgada | like the sumptuous pageant of some Oriental potentate | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | have | past | man | numerous guards and attendants | a great number of captives of both sexes conj | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Patient | |||
| 5 | array | past | man not said here | with hundred hostages; together property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | is a | past | hundred hostages | youthful cavaliers | of the noblest families of the Goths | tree rules | |||
| 7 | choose | participle | both sexes not said here | for Muza's beauty | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for beauty=Beneficiary | ||||
| 8 | intend | participle | man's cavalgada not said here | as presents; for the caliph | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as present=Attribute |
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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