Legends of the conquest of Spain, Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Muza., sentence 69
[34] The house shown as the ancient residence of Aben Habuz is called _La Casa del Gallo_, or the house of the weathercock; so named, says Pedraza, in his History of Granada, from a bronze figure of an Arab horseman, armed with lance and buckler, which once surmounted it, and which varied with every wind.
Who acts: Pedraza, buckler · What happens: show, call, name, say, surmount, vary · To what, where: house, History, Arab horseman · 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 (Pedraza, buckler), 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 | _ | 2 34 | punct |
| 2 | 34 | 34 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 15 called | obl |
| 3 | ] | ] | PUNCT | _ | 2 34 | punct |
| 4 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 house | det |
| 5 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 called | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | shown | show | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 house | acl |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 residence | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 residence | det |
| 9 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 residence | amod |
| 10 | residence | residence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shown | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 Aben | case |
| 12 | Aben | Aben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 residence | nmod |
| 13 | Habuz | Habuz | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Aben | flat |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 called | aux:pass |
| 15 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 16 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 15 called | punct |
| 17 | La | La | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 called | xcomp |
| 18 | Casa | Casa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 La | flat |
| 19 | del | Del | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 La | flat |
| 20 | Gallo | Gallo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 La | flat |
| 21 | _ | _ | PUNCT | _ | 17 La | punct |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 house | punct |
| 23 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 25 house | cc |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 house | det |
| 25 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 called | obl |
| 26 | of | of | ADP | _ | 28 weathercock | case |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 28 weathercock | det |
| 28 | weathercock | weathercock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 house | nmod |
| 29 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 31 named | punct |
| 30 | so | so | ADV | _ | 31 named | advmod |
| 31 | named | name | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 15 called | conj |
| 32 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 says | punct |
| 33 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 called | conj |
| 34 | Pedraza | Pedraza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 33 says | nsubj |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 38 History | punct |
| 36 | in | in | ADP | _ | 38 History | case |
| 37 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 38 History | nmod:poss |
| 38 | History | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 called | obl |
| 39 | of | of | ADP | _ | 40 Granada | case |
| 40 | Granada | Granada | PROPN | Number=Sing | 38 History | nmod |
| 41 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 45 figure | punct |
| 42 | from | from | ADP | _ | 45 figure | case |
| 43 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 45 figure | det |
| 44 | bronze | bronze | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 figure | amod |
| 45 | figure | figure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 called | obl |
| 46 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 horseman | case |
| 47 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 49 horseman | det |
| 48 | Arab | Arab | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 49 horseman | amod |
| 49 | horseman | horseman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 figure | nmod |
| 50 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 51 armed | punct |
| 51 | armed | armed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 45 figure | amod |
| 52 | with | with | ADP | _ | 53 lance | case |
| 53 | lance | lance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 51 armed | obl |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 buckler | cc |
| 55 | buckler | buckler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 53 lance | conj |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 59 surmounted | punct |
| 57 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 59 surmounted | nsubj |
| 58 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 59 surmounted | advmod |
| 59 | surmounted | surmount | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 55 buckler | acl:relcl |
| 60 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 59 surmounted | obj |
| 61 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 varied | punct |
| 62 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 64 varied | cc |
| 63 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 64 varied | nsubj |
| 64 | varied | vary | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 called | conj |
| 65 | with | with | ADP | _ | 67 wind | case |
| 66 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 67 wind | det |
| 67 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 64 varied | obl |
| 68 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 called | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | participle | the house not said here | as the ancient residence of Aben | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | call | present · passive | the house | Pedraza's History of Granada | from a bronze figure of a Arab horseman; 34 obl; the house of the weathercock obl; La xcomp | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from figure=Source | |||
| 3 | name | participle | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | say speech: assert | present | Pedraza | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | surmount | past | buckler | house | once property | vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme | |||
| 6 | vary | past | with every wind; which nsubj | vn differ-23.4 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme with wind=Co-Theme | |||||
| 7 | figure | a Arab horseman | nom figure «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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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