Legends of the conquest of Spain, Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Muza., sentence 54
Calling the unhappy father to his side: “Muza,” said he, “dost thou know this head?”
Who acts: Muza · What happens: call, say, do, know · To what, where: unhappy father, side, thou, head · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Muza), 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 | Calling | call | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 father | det |
| 3 | unhappy | unhappy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 father | amod |
| 4 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Calling | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 side | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 side | nmod:poss |
| 7 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Calling | obl |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 13 said | punct |
| 9 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 said | punct |
| 10 | Muza | Muza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 said | nsubj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Muza | punct |
| 12 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 Muza | punct |
| 13 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Calling | conj |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 dost | nsubj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 dost | punct |
| 16 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 dost | punct |
| 17 | dost | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 said | ccomp |
| 18 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 17 dost | obj |
| 19 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 dost | xcomp |
| 20 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 21 head | det |
| 21 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 know | obj |
| 22 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Calling | punct |
| 23 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Calling | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | gerund | the unhappy father | eye's side | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent father=Topic to side=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | say speech: ask | past | Muza | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | do in a quote | present | Muza | thou | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | know in a quote | infinitive | Muza not said here | this head | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer head=Stimulus |
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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