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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIV., sentence 23

If you want proof, demand of these Christian cavaliers here present, most of whom I captured; demand of those Moslem warriors who aided me in my battles.”

Who acts: you, I, Moslem warriors, my · What happens: want, capture, aid, demand, battle · To what, where: proof, me, battles, demand, Christian cavaliers, Moslem warriors

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 (you, I, Moslem warriors, my), 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

marknsubjadvclobjpunctcasedetamodnmodadvmodamodpunctapposcasenmodnsubjacl:relclpunctapposcasedetamodnmodnsubjacl:relclobjcasenmod:possoblpunctpunctrootIfSCONJyouPRONwantVERBproofNOUN,PUNCTdemandNOUNofADPtheseDETChristianADJcavaliersNOUNhereADVpresentADJ,PUNCTmostADJofADPwhomPRONIPRONcapturedVERB;PUNCTdemandNOUNofADPthoseDETMoslemADJwarriorsNOUNwhoPRONaidedVERBmePRONinADPmyPRONbattlesNOUN.PUNCT”PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IfifSCONJ_3 wantmark
2youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs3 wantnsubj
3wantwantVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 demandadvcl
4proofproofNOUNNumber=Sing3 wantobj
5,,PUNCT_3 wantpunct
6demanddemandNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
7ofofADP_10 cavalierscase
8thesethisDETNumber=Plur PronType=Dem10 cavaliersdet
9ChristianChristianADJDegree=Pos10 cavaliersamod
10cavalierscavalierNOUNNumber=Plur6 demandnmod
11herehereADVPronType=Dem10 cavaliersadvmod
12presentpresentADJDegree=Pos10 cavaliersamod
13,,PUNCT_14 mostpunct
14mostmostADJDegree=Sup10 cavaliersappos
15ofofADP_16 whomcase
16whomwhomPRONPronType=Rel14 mostnmod
17IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs18 capturednsubj
18capturedcaptureVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin16 whomacl:relcl
19;;PUNCT_20 demandpunct
20demanddemandNOUNNumber=Sing6 demandappos
21ofofADP_24 warriorscase
22thosethatDETNumber=Plur PronType=Dem24 warriorsdet
23MoslemMoslemADJDegree=Pos24 warriorsamod
24warriorswarriorNOUNNumber=Plur20 demandnmod
25whowhoPRONPronType=Rel26 aidednsubj
26aidedaidVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin24 warriorsacl:relcl
27meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs26 aidedobj
28ininADP_30 battlescase
29mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs30 battlesnmod:poss
30battlesbattleNOUNNumber=Plur26 aidedobl
31..PUNCT_20 demandpunct
32”"PUNCT_20 demandpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1wantpresentyouproofvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot proof=Theme
2capturepastIvn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3aidpastthat Moslem warriorsmemy battlesvn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary
5demandthis Christian cavaliersnom demand «communication transitive»: of=patient
6demandthat Moslem warriorsnom demand «communication transitive»: of=patient
7battlemynom battle «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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