Legends of the conquest of Spain, Loves of Abdalasis and Exilona., sentence 34
But though my person is in thy power, my soul is unsubdued; and know that, should I lack force to defend my honour, I have resolution to wash out all stain upon it with my blood.
Who acts: person, I, resolution, my · What happens: be, unsubdu, know, lack, defend, have · To what, where: power, soul, force, honour, resolution, stain · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Loves of Abdalasis and Exilona.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (person, I, resolution, 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 13 unsubdued | cc |
| 2 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 8 power | mark |
| 3 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 person | nmod:poss |
| 4 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 power | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 power | cop |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 power | case |
| 7 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 8 power | nmod:poss |
| 8 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 unsubdued | advcl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 power | punct |
| 10 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 soul | nmod:poss |
| 11 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 unsubdued | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 unsubdued | aux:pass |
| 13 | unsubdued | unsubdu | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 14 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 know | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 know | cc |
| 16 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 unsubdued | conj |
| 17 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 21 lack | mark |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 lack | punct |
| 19 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 lack | aux |
| 20 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 21 lack | nsubj |
| 21 | lack | lack | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 know | ccomp |
| 22 | force | force | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 lack | obj |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 defend | mark |
| 24 | defend | defend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 21 lack | advcl |
| 25 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 honour | nmod:poss |
| 26 | honour | honour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 defend | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 have | punct |
| 28 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 29 have | nsubj |
| 29 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 know | conj |
| 30 | resolution | resolution | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 have | obj |
| 31 | to | to | PART | _ | 32 wash | mark |
| 32 | wash | wash | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 29 have | xcomp |
| 33 | out | out | ADP | _ | 32 wash | compound:prt |
| 34 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 35 stain | det |
| 35 | stain | stain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 wash | obj |
| 36 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 37 it | case |
| 37 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 wash | obl |
| 38 | with | with | ADP | _ | 40 blood | case |
| 39 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 blood | nmod:poss |
| 40 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 wash | obl |
| 41 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 unsubdued | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | my person | thy power | thy nmod:poss | tree rules | |||
| 2 | unsubdu | present · passive | my soul | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | know | present | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||||
| 4 | lack | should | I | force | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | defend | to-infinitive | I not said here | my honour | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent honour=Beneficiary | ||||
| 6 | have | present | I | resolution | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | wash out | to-infinitive | resolution not said here | all stain | upon soul; with my blood | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent stain=Patient with blood=Instrument | |||
| 8 | honour | my | nom honour «state 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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