Legends of the conquest of Spain, Conduct of Abdalasis As Emir of Spain., sentence 19
“Thy father,” said he, “would put thee on thy guard against the traitors Julian and Oppas, and those of their party who surround thee.
Who acts: father, those · What happens: say, put, surround · To what, where: thee, guard · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Conduct of Abdalasis As Emir of Spain.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father, those), 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 | _ | 6 said | punct |
| 2 | Thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 3 father | nmod:poss |
| 3 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 said | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 father | punct |
| 5 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 father | punct |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 said | nsubj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 put | punct |
| 9 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 put | punct |
| 10 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 put | aux |
| 11 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 said | conj |
| 12 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 11 put | obj |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 guard | case |
| 14 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 15 guard | nmod:poss |
| 15 | guard | guard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 put | obl |
| 16 | against | against | ADP | _ | 18 traitors | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 traitors | det |
| 18 | traitors | traitor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 put | obl |
| 19 | Julian | Julian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 18 traitors | appos |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 Oppas | cc |
| 21 | Oppas | Oppas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Julian | conj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 surround | punct |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 29 surround | cc |
| 24 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 29 surround | nsubj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 party | case |
| 26 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 party | nmod:poss |
| 27 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 those | nmod |
| 28 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 29 surround | nsubj |
| 29 | surround | surround | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 said | conj |
| 30 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 29 surround | obj |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Thy father | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | put in a quote | would | Thy father not said here | thee | thy guard | against the traitors | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme on guard=Destination | ||
| 3 | surround in a quote | present | those of Julian's party | thee | who nsubj | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thou=Co-Theme |
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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