Legends of the conquest of Spain, Conduct of Abdalasis As Emir of Spain., sentence 34
The common herd of warlike adventurers, the mere men of the sword, who had thronged to Spain for the purpose of ravage and rapine, were disappointed at being thus checked in their career, and at seeing the reign of terror and violence drawing to a close.
Who acts: sword, common herd, ravage · What happens: throng, be, check, see, draw, purpose · To what, where: Spain, career, reign, close
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 (sword, common herd, ravage), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 herd | det |
| 2 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 herd | amod |
| 3 | herd | herd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 disappointed | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 adventurers | case |
| 5 | warlike | warlike | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 adventurers | amod |
| 6 | adventurers | adventurer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 herd | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 men | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 men | det |
| 9 | mere | mere | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 men | amod |
| 10 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 adventurers | appos |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 sword | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 sword | det |
| 13 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 men | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 thronged | punct |
| 15 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 thronged | nsubj |
| 16 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 thronged | aux |
| 17 | thronged | throng | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 13 sword | acl:relcl |
| 18 | to | to | ADP | _ | 19 Spain | case |
| 19 | Spain | Spain | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 thronged | obl |
| 20 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 purpose | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 purpose | det |
| 22 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 thronged | obl |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 ravage | case |
| 24 | ravage | ravage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 purpose | nmod |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 rapine | cc |
| 26 | rapine | rapine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 purpose | conj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 herd | punct |
| 28 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 disappointed | cop |
| 29 | disappointed | disappointed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 30 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 33 checked | mark |
| 31 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 33 checked | aux:pass |
| 32 | thus | thus | ADV | _ | 33 checked | advmod |
| 33 | checked | check | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 29 disappointed | advcl |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 career | case |
| 35 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 36 career | nmod:poss |
| 36 | career | career | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 checked | obl |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 47 drawing | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 47 drawing | cc |
| 39 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 40 seeing | mark |
| 40 | seeing | see | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 47 drawing | advcl |
| 41 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 reign | det |
| 42 | reign | reign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 40 seeing | obj |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 44 terror | case |
| 44 | terror | terror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 reign | nmod |
| 45 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 46 violence | cc |
| 46 | violence | violence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 terror | conj |
| 47 | drawing | draw | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 29 disappointed | advcl |
| 48 | to | to | ADP | _ | 50 close | case |
| 49 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 50 close | det |
| 50 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 47 drawing | obl |
| 51 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 29 disappointed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throng | past · perfect | the sword | Spain | for the purpose of ravage and rapine | vn swarm-47.5.1-2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | |||
| 2 | is | past | the common herd of warlike adventurers | disappointed property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | check | gerund · passive | the common herd of warlike adventurers not said here | men's career | thus property | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: in career=Location | |||
| 4 | see | gerund | the reign of terror and violence | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer reign=Stimulus | |||||
| 5 | draw | gerund | the common herd of warlike adventurers not said here | a close | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to close=Destination | ||||
| 6 | purpose | ravage | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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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