Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIV., sentence 39
[51] The populace, also, reviled and scoffed at him in his misery; and as they beheld him led forth to the public gaze, and fainting in the sun, they pointed at him with derision, and exclaimed—“Behold the envious man and the impostor: this is he who pretended to have conquered the land of the unbelievers!”
Who acts: effects, this · What happens: revile, scoff, behold, lead, point, exclaim · To what, where: 51, populace, fainting, envious man, land · 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 (effects, this), 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 51 | punct |
| 2 | 51 | 51 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 reviled | obl |
| 3 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 2 51 | punct |
| 4 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 populace | det |
| 5 | populace | populace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 51 | nmod:unmarked |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 reviled | punct |
| 7 | also | also | ADV | _ | 9 reviled | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 reviled | punct |
| 9 | reviled | revile | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 scoffed | cc |
| 11 | scoffed | scoff | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 reviled | conj |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 him | case |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 scoffed | obl |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 misery | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 misery | nmod:poss |
| 16 | misery | misery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 scoffed | obl |
| 17 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 led | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 led | cc |
| 19 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 21 beheld | mark |
| 20 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 beheld | nsubj |
| 21 | beheld | behold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 led | advcl |
| 22 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 beheld | obj |
| 23 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 reviled | parataxis |
| 24 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 23 led | advmod |
| 25 | to | to | ADP | _ | 28 gaze | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 gaze | det |
| 27 | public | public | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 28 gaze | amod |
| 28 | gaze | gaze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 led | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 fainting | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 fainting | cc |
| 31 | fainting | fainting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 led | obl |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 sun | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 sun | det |
| 34 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 fainting | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 pointed | punct |
| 36 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 pointed | nsubj |
| 37 | pointed | point | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 led | parataxis |
| 38 | at | at | ADP | _ | 39 him | case |
| 39 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 37 pointed | obl |
| 40 | with | with | ADP | _ | 41 derision | case |
| 41 | derision | derision | NOUN | Number=Sing | 37 pointed | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 exclaimed | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 exclaimed | cc |
| 44 | exclaimed | exclaim | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 led | conj |
| 45 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 50 man | punct |
| 46 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 50 man | punct |
| 47 | Behold | behold | INTJ | _ | 50 man | discourse |
| 48 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 man | det |
| 49 | envious | envious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 50 man | amod |
| 50 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 exclaimed | obl |
| 51 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 53 impostor | cc |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 impostor | det |
| 53 | impostor | impostor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 man | conj |
| 54 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 reviled | punct |
| 55 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 59 pretended | nsubj |
| 56 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 59 pretended | cop |
| 57 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 59 pretended | nsubj |
| 58 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 59 pretended | nsubj |
| 59 | pretended | pretend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 reviled | parataxis |
| 60 | to | to | PART | _ | 62 conquered | mark |
| 61 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 62 conquered | aux |
| 62 | conquered | conquer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 59 pretended | ccomp |
| 63 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 64 land | det |
| 64 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 62 conquered | obj |
| 65 | of | of | ADP | _ | 67 unbelievers | case |
| 66 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 67 unbelievers | det |
| 67 | unbelievers | unbeliever | NOUN | Number=Plur | 64 land | nmod |
| 68 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 62 conquered | punct |
| 69 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 59 pretended | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | revile | participle | 51 the populace | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | scoff | participle | at populace; in populace's misery | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in misery=Theme | |||||
| 3 | behold | past | effects = effect | populace | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | lead | past | fainting in the sun | to the public gaze; forth property | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to gaze=Patient | ||||
| 5 | point | past | effects = effect | at populace; with derision | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | exclaim speech: express | past | the envious man and the impostor | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 7 | is in a quote | present | this | populace nsubj; who nsubj; pretend property | tree rules | ||||
| 8 | conquer in a quote | to-infinitive · perfect | this not said here | the land of the unbelievers | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=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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