Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIV., sentence 12
The caliph Walid Almanzor rose from his couch of illness to receive the emir; who, when he repaired to the palace, filled one of its great courts with treasures of all kinds: the halls, too, were thronged with the youthful hostages, magnificently attired, and with Christian damsels, lovely as the houries of Paradise.
Who acts: caliph · What happens: rise, receive, repair, fill, throng, attire · To what, where: halls, couch, emir, one, kinds
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter XIV.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (caliph), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 caliph | det |
| 2 | caliph | caliph | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rose | nsubj |
| 3 | Walid | Walid | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 caliph | appos |
| 4 | Almanzor | Almanzor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Walid | flat |
| 5 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 couch | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 couch | nmod:poss |
| 8 | couch | couch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rose | obl |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 illness | case |
| 10 | illness | illness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 couch | nmod |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 receive | mark |
| 12 | receive | receive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 rose | advcl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 emir | det |
| 14 | emir | emir | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 receive | obj |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 20 repaired | punct |
| 16 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 20 repaired | nsubj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 repaired | punct |
| 18 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 20 repaired | advmod |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 repaired | nsubj |
| 20 | repaired | repair | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 rose | parataxis |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 palace | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 palace | det |
| 23 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 repaired | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 filled | punct |
| 25 | filled | fill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 repaired | conj |
| 26 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 25 filled | obj |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 30 courts | case |
| 28 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 30 courts | nmod:poss |
| 29 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 courts | amod |
| 30 | courts | court | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 one | nmod |
| 31 | with | with | ADP | _ | 32 treasures | case |
| 32 | treasures | treasure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 30 courts | nmod |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 kinds | case |
| 34 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 35 kinds | det |
| 35 | kinds | kind | NOUN | Number=Plur | 32 treasures | nmod |
| 36 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 38 halls | punct |
| 37 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 38 halls | det |
| 38 | halls | hall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 rose | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 40 too | punct |
| 40 | too | too | ADV | _ | 38 halls | advmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 thronged | punct |
| 42 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 43 thronged | aux:pass |
| 43 | thronged | throng | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 rose | conj |
| 44 | with | with | ADP | _ | 47 hostages | case |
| 45 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 hostages | det |
| 46 | youthful | youthful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 hostages | amod |
| 47 | hostages | hostage | NOUN | Number=Plur | 43 thronged | obl |
| 48 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 50 attired | punct |
| 49 | magnificently | magnificently | ADV | _ | 50 attired | advmod |
| 50 | attired | attire | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 43 thronged | conj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 57 lovely | punct |
| 52 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 57 lovely | cc |
| 53 | with | with | ADP | _ | 55 damsels | case |
| 54 | Christian | Christian | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 55 damsels | amod |
| 55 | damsels | damsel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 57 lovely | obl |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 55 damsels | punct |
| 57 | lovely | lovely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 attired | conj |
| 58 | as | as | ADP | _ | 60 houries | case |
| 59 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 60 houries | det |
| 60 | houries | houry | NOUN | Number=Plur | 57 lovely | obl |
| 61 | of | of | ADP | _ | 62 Paradise | case |
| 62 | Paradise | paradise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 60 houries | nmod |
| 63 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 rose | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rise | past | the caliph | the halls | CALIPH's couch of illness | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from couch=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | receive | to-infinitive | the caliph not said here | the emir | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent emir=Theme | ||||
| 3 | repair | past | to the palace; who nsubj; CALIPH nsubj | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | fill | past | one of palace's great courts with treasures of all kinds | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent one=Patient | |||||
| 5 | throng | past · passive | the caliph not said here | with the youthful hostages | vn swarm-47.5.1-2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: with hostage=Theme | ||||
| 6 | attire | participle | the caliph not said here | magnificently property | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 7 | treasure | all kinds | nom treasure «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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