Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIV., sentence 21
“Behold, O commander of the faithful!” cried he, “a proof of the real finder of the table; and so is it with the greater part of the spoils exhibited by Muza as trophies of his achievements.
Who acts: commander, TABLE, MUZA · What happens: cry, be, spoil, exhibit, proof, achieve · To what, where: proof, real finder · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (commander, TABLE, MUZA), 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 | _ | 5 commander | punct |
| 2 | Behold | behold | INTJ | _ | 5 commander | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Behold | punct |
| 4 | O | o | INTJ | _ | 5 commander | discourse |
| 5 | commander | commander | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 cried | nsubj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 faithful | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 faithful | det |
| 8 | faithful | faithful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 commander | nmod |
| 9 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 5 commander | punct |
| 10 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 commander | punct |
| 11 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 cried | nsubj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 proof | punct |
| 14 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 proof | punct |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 proof | det |
| 16 | proof | proof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 cried | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 finder | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 finder | det |
| 19 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 finder | amod |
| 20 | finder | finder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 proof | nmod |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 table | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 table | det |
| 23 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 finder | nmod |
| 24 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 26 so | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 so | cc |
| 26 | so | so | ADV | _ | 32 part | advmod |
| 27 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 part | cop |
| 28 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 part | nsubj |
| 29 | with | with | ADP | _ | 32 part | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 part | det |
| 31 | greater | great | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 32 part | amod |
| 32 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 cried | parataxis |
| 33 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 35 spoils | mark |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 spoils | det |
| 35 | spoils | spoil | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 32 part | advcl |
| 36 | exhibited | exhibit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 35 spoils | xcomp |
| 37 | by | by | ADP | _ | 38 Muza | case |
| 38 | Muza | Muza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 exhibited | obl |
| 39 | as | as | ADP | _ | 40 trophies | case |
| 40 | trophies | trophy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 exhibited | obl |
| 41 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 achievements | case |
| 42 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 43 achievements | nmod:poss |
| 43 | achievements | achievement | NOUN | Number=Plur | 40 trophies | nmod |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 cried | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | past | commander of the faithful | a proof of the real finder of the table | Commander nsubj | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | TABLE | with the greater part | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | spoil in a quote | present | TABLE not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | exhibit in a quote | participle | TABLE not said here | by Muza; as trophies of MUZA's achievements | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | proof in a quote | the real finder of the table | nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 6 | achieve in a quote | MUZA | nom achievement «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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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