Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIII., sentence 39
“Commander of the faithful,” said he, “I bring thee no silver, nor gold, nor precious stones, nor captives; for what spoils I did not share with my soldiers I gave up to Muza as my commander.
Who acts: Commander · What happens: say, bring, spoil, not share, give up · To what, where: precious stones, thee, soldiers, Muza · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Commander), 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 Commander | punct |
| 2 | Commander | commander | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 said | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 faithful | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 faithful | det |
| 5 | faithful | faithful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 Commander | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Commander | punct |
| 7 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Commander | punct |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 bring | nsubj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 bring | punct |
| 11 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 bring | punct |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 bring | nsubj |
| 13 | bring | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 said | ccomp |
| 14 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 13 bring | obj |
| 15 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 16 silver | det |
| 16 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 bring | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 gold | punct |
| 18 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 19 gold | cc |
| 19 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 said | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 stones | punct |
| 21 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 23 stones | cc |
| 22 | precious | precious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 stones | amod |
| 23 | stones | stone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 said | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 captives | punct |
| 25 | nor | nor | CCONJ | Polarity=Neg | 26 captives | cc |
| 26 | captives | captive | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 stones | appos |
| 27 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 30 spoils | punct |
| 28 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 30 spoils | mark |
| 29 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 30 spoils | nsubj |
| 30 | spoils | spoil | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 said | parataxis |
| 31 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 34 share | nsubj |
| 32 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 share | aux |
| 33 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 34 share | advmod |
| 34 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 30 spoils | ccomp |
| 35 | with | with | ADP | _ | 37 soldiers | case |
| 36 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 37 soldiers | nmod:poss |
| 37 | soldiers | soldier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 share | obl |
| 38 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 39 gave | nsubj |
| 39 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 37 soldiers | acl:relcl |
| 40 | up | up | ADP | _ | 39 gave | compound:prt |
| 41 | to | to | ADP | _ | 42 Muza | case |
| 42 | Muza | Muza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 gave | obl |
| 43 | as | as | ADP | _ | 45 commander | case |
| 44 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 commander | nmod:poss |
| 45 | commander | commander | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 gave | obl |
| 46 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Commander of the faithful | precious stones | gold conj | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | bring in a quote | present | Commander | thee | I nsubj; no silver obj | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent thou=Destination silver=Theme | |||
| 3 | spoil in a quote | present | what nsubj | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | not share in a quote | past · do-support | Commander of the faithful = commander | with my soldiers | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | give up in a quote | past | Commander of the faithful = commander | my soldiers not said here | Muza | as my commander | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent soldier=Theme to muza=Recipient |
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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