Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIV., sentence 27
In a great victory, it is not supposed that the chief of the army takes all the captives, or kills all the slain, or gathers all the booty, though all are enumerated in the records of his triumph.”
Who acts: chief, Commander · What happens: not suppose, take, kill, gather, enumerate, record · To what, where: soldier, great victory, captives, slain, booty, all
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 (chief, 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 victory | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 victory | det |
| 3 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 victory | amod |
| 4 | victory | victory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 supposed | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 victory | punct |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 supposed | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 supposed | aux:pass |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 supposed | advmod |
| 9 | supposed | suppose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 16 takes | mark |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 chief | det |
| 12 | chief | chief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 takes | nsubj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 army | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 army | det |
| 15 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 chief | nmod |
| 16 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 supposed | advcl |
| 17 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 19 captives | det:predet |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 captives | det |
| 19 | captives | captive | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 takes | obj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 kills | punct |
| 21 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 22 kills | cc |
| 22 | kills | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 takes | conj |
| 23 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 25 slain | det:predet |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 slain | det |
| 25 | slain | slain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 kills | obj |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 gathers | punct |
| 27 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 28 gathers | cc |
| 28 | gathers | gather | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 supposed | parataxis |
| 29 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 31 booty | det:predet |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 booty | det |
| 31 | booty | booty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 gathers | obj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 enumerated | punct |
| 33 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 36 enumerated | mark |
| 34 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 36 enumerated | nsubj:pass |
| 35 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 36 enumerated | aux:pass |
| 36 | enumerated | enumerate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 supposed | conj |
| 37 | in | in | ADP | _ | 39 records | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 records | det |
| 39 | records | record | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 enumerated | obl |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 42 triumph | case |
| 41 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 triumph | nmod:poss |
| 42 | triumph | triumph | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 records | nmod |
| 43 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 supposed | punct |
| 44 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 supposed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not suppose | present · passive | soldier | a great victory | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | take | present | the chief of the army | all captives | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent captive=Theme | ||||
| 3 | kill | present | the chief of the army not said here | all slain | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slain=Theme | ||||
| 4 | gather | present | all booty | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent booty=Theme | |||||
| 5 | enumerate | present · passive | all | the records of Commander's triumph | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | record | Commander's triumph | nom record «communication transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 7 | triumph | Commander | nom triumph «event intransitive»: 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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