Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIII., sentence 22
As he traversed the valley of the Guadalquivir, he often turned and looked back wistfully upon Cordova; and, at the distance of a league, when about to lose sight of it, he checked his steed upon the summit of a hill, and gazed for a long time upon its palaces and towers.
Who acts: man, distance · What happens: traverse, turn, look back, lose, check, gaze · To what, where: valley, sight, steed
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 (man, distance), 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 | As | as | SCONJ | _ | 3 traversed | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 traversed | nsubj |
| 3 | traversed | traverse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 turned | advcl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 valley | det |
| 5 | valley | valley | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 traversed | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 Guadalquivir | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Guadalquivir | det |
| 8 | Guadalquivir | Guadalquivir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 valley | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 traversed | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 turned | nsubj |
| 11 | often | often | ADV | _ | 12 turned | advmod |
| 12 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 looked | cc |
| 14 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 turned | conj |
| 15 | back | back | ADV | _ | 16 wistfully | advmod |
| 16 | wistfully | wistfully | ADV | _ | 14 looked | advmod |
| 17 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 18 Cordova | case |
| 18 | Cordova | Cordova | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 looked | obl |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 32 lose | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 lose | cc |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 distance | punct |
| 22 | at | at | ADP | _ | 24 distance | case |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 distance | det |
| 24 | distance | distance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 lose | nsubj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 league | case |
| 26 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 27 league | det |
| 27 | league | league | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 distance | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 lose | punct |
| 29 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 32 lose | advmod |
| 30 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 32 lose | mark |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 32 lose | mark |
| 32 | lose | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 turned | conj |
| 33 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 lose | obj |
| 34 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 it | case |
| 35 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 33 sight | nmod |
| 36 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 checked | punct |
| 37 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 38 checked | nsubj |
| 38 | checked | check | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 lose | parataxis |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 steed | nmod:poss |
| 40 | steed | steed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 checked | obj |
| 41 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 43 summit | case |
| 42 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 43 summit | det |
| 43 | summit | summit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 checked | obl |
| 44 | of | of | ADP | _ | 46 hill | case |
| 45 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 46 hill | det |
| 46 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 summit | nmod |
| 47 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 49 gazed | punct |
| 48 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 49 gazed | cc |
| 49 | gazed | gaze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 checked | conj |
| 50 | for | for | ADP | _ | 53 time | case |
| 51 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 53 time | det |
| 52 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 time | amod |
| 53 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 gazed | obl |
| 54 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 56 palaces | case |
| 55 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 56 palaces | nmod:poss |
| 56 | palaces | palace | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 time | nmod |
| 57 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 towers | cc |
| 58 | towers | tower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 56 palaces | conj |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 turned | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | traverse | past | man | the valley of the Guadalquivir | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme valley=Co-Theme | ||||
| 2 | turn | past | man | often property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | look back | past | man not said here | upon Cordova; wistfully property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon cordova=Theme | ||||
| 4 | lose | to-infinitive | the distance of a league | sight of sight | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Eventuality | ||||
| 5 | check | past | man | man's steed | upon the summit of a hill | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent steed=Theme | |||
| 6 | gaze | past | man not said here | time | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | sight | sight | nom sight «cognition 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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