Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIII., sentence 20
Then there was a vast train of beasts of burden, laden with the plunder of Spain; for he took with him all the wealth he had collected in his conquests, and all the share that had been set apart for his sovereign.
Who acts: vast train, man · What happens: be, lade, take, collect, set apart, plunder · To what, where: beasts, wealth, conquests, share, Spain
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 (vast train, man), 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 | Then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 was | advmod |
| 2 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 3 was | expl |
| 3 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 train | det |
| 5 | vast | vast | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 train | amod |
| 6 | train | train | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 was | nsubj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 beasts | case |
| 8 | beasts | beast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 train | nmod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 burden | case |
| 10 | burden | burden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 beasts | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 laden | punct |
| 12 | laden | lade | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 beasts | acl |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 plunder | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 plunder | det |
| 15 | plunder | plunder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 laden | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 Spain | case |
| 17 | Spain | Spain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 plunder | nmod |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 took | punct |
| 19 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 21 took | mark |
| 20 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 took | nsubj |
| 21 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 was | parataxis |
| 22 | with | with | ADP | _ | 23 him | case |
| 23 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 took | obl |
| 24 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 26 wealth | det:predet |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 wealth | det |
| 26 | wealth | wealth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 took | obj |
| 27 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 collected | nsubj |
| 28 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 collected | aux |
| 29 | collected | collect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 26 wealth | acl:relcl |
| 30 | in | in | ADP | _ | 32 conquests | case |
| 31 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 32 conquests | nmod:poss |
| 32 | conquests | conquest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 29 collected | obl |
| 33 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 41 set | punct |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 41 set | cc |
| 35 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 37 share | det:predet |
| 36 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 37 share | det |
| 37 | share | share | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 set | nsubj:pass |
| 38 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 41 set | nsubj:pass |
| 39 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 41 set | aux |
| 40 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 41 set | aux:pass |
| 41 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 took | conj |
| 42 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 41 set | advmod |
| 43 | for | for | ADP | _ | 45 sovereign | case |
| 44 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 sovereign | nmod:poss |
| 45 | sovereign | sovereign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 set | obl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 was | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | past | a vast train of beasts of burden | there | then | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | lade | participle | beasts of burden not said here | with the plunder of Spain | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | take | past | man | all wealth | with Spain | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wealth=Theme | |||
| 4 | collect | past · perfect | man | all wealth not said here | man's conquests | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wealth=Theme | |||
| 5 | set apart | past · perfect · passive | all share | for man's sovereign; that nsubj:pass; apart property | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Patient for sovereign=Beneficiary | ||||
| 6 | plunder | Spain | nom plunder «possession 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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