Legends of the conquest of Spain, Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Muza., sentence 20
It was added, that the Christians were prepared to flock to his standard, as the only means of regaining ascendancy in their country.
Who acts: Christians, only · What happens: add, be, flock, mean, regain · To what, where: widow, ascendancy, country
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Muza.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Christians, only), 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 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 added | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 added | aux:pass |
| 3 | added | add | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 prepared | punct |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 prepared | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Christians | det |
| 7 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 9 prepared | nsubj |
| 8 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 prepared | cop |
| 9 | prepared | prepared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 added | parataxis |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 flock | mark |
| 11 | flock | flock | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 prepared | xcomp |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 standard | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 standard | nmod:poss |
| 14 | standard | standard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 flock | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 means | punct |
| 16 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 19 means | mark |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 only | det |
| 18 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 means | nsubj |
| 19 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 added | parataxis |
| 20 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 21 regaining | mark |
| 21 | regaining | regain | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 19 means | advcl |
| 22 | ascendancy | ascendancy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 regaining | obj |
| 23 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 country | case |
| 24 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 25 country | nmod:poss |
| 25 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 regaining | obl |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 added | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | past · passive | widow | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | is | past | the Christians | prepared property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | flock | to-infinitive | the Christians not said here | to Christian's standard | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | mean | present | the only | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | regain | gerund | the only not said here | ascendancy | enemies's country | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ascendancy=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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