Legends of the conquest of Spain, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., sentence 119
She appeared in his presence with a haughty demeanour, as if she had been a queen receiving homage; but when he demanded her son, she faltered, and turned pale, and replied, “My son is with the dead.”
Who acts: part, queen, boy, son · What happens: appear, be, receive, demand, falter, turn · To what, where: presence, queen, homage, son · Speech: someone speaks here
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Legend of Count Julian and His Family.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (part, queen, boy, son), 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 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 appeared | nsubj |
| 2 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 presence | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 presence | nmod:poss |
| 5 | presence | presence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 appeared | obl |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 demeanour | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 demeanour | det |
| 8 | haughty | haughty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 demeanour | amod |
| 9 | demeanour | demeanour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 presence | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 queen | punct |
| 11 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 17 queen | mark |
| 12 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 17 queen | mark |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 queen | nsubj |
| 14 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 queen | aux |
| 15 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 17 queen | cop |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 queen | det |
| 17 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 appeared | obl |
| 18 | receiving | receive | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 17 queen | acl |
| 19 | homage | homage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 receiving | obj |
| 20 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 29 faltered | punct |
| 21 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 29 faltered | cc |
| 22 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 24 demanded | advmod |
| 23 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 demanded | nsubj |
| 24 | demanded | demand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 faltered | advcl |
| 25 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 26 son | nmod:poss |
| 26 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 demanded | obj |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 demanded | punct |
| 28 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 faltered | nsubj |
| 29 | faltered | falter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 appeared | conj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 turned | punct |
| 31 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 turned | cc |
| 32 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 faltered | conj |
| 33 | pale | pale | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 turned | xcomp |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 replied | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 replied | cc |
| 36 | replied | reply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 29 faltered | parataxis |
| 37 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 dead | punct |
| 38 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 44 dead | punct |
| 39 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 40 son | nmod:poss |
| 40 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 dead | nsubj |
| 41 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 44 dead | cop |
| 42 | with | with | ADP | _ | 44 dead | case |
| 43 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 44 dead | det |
| 44 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 replied | ccomp |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 29 faltered | punct |
| 46 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 29 faltered | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | appear | past | part | boy's presence with a haughty demeanour | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in presence=Location | ||||
| 2 | is a a condition, not said to happen | past · perfect | part | a queen | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | receive | gerund | a queen not said here | homage | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homage=Theme | ||||
| 4 | demand speech: request | past | boy | part's son | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme son=Precondition | ||||
| 5 | falter | past | part | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 6 | turn | past | part not said here | pale property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 7 | reply speech: assert | past | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 8 | is in a quote | present | My son | dead property | tree rules |
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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