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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., sentence 172

Some assert that the cruel Alahor pursued him to his retreat among the mountains, and, having taken him prisoner, beheaded him; others that the Moors confined him in a dungeon, and put an end to his life with lingering torments; while others affirm that the tower of the castle of Marcuello, near Huesca, in Arragon, in which he took refuge, fell on him and crushed him to pieces.

Who acts: Some, cruel Alahor, others, God · What happens: assert, pursue, take, behead, confine, put · To what, where: God, retreat, dungeon, end, Huesca, refuge

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 (Some, cruel Alahor, others, God), 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

nsubjmarkdetamodnsubjadvclobjcasenmod:possoblcasedetoblpunctccpunctauxconjobjxcomppunctconjobjpunctnsubjmarkdetnsubjconjobjcasedetoblpunctccconjdetobjcasenmod:possoblcasecompoundoblpunctmarknsubjparataxismarkdetnsubjcasedetnmodcasenmodpunctcaseoblpunctcaseconjpunctcaseoblnsubjparataxisobjpunctconjcaseoblccconjobjcaseoblpunctrootSomeDETassertVERBthatSCONJtheDETcruelADJAlahorPROPNpursuedVERBhimPRONtoADPhisPRONretreatNOUNamongADPtheDETmountainsNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJ,PUNCThavingAUXtakenVERBhimPRONprisonerNOUN,PUNCTbeheadedVERBhimPRON;PUNCTothersNOUNthatSCONJtheDETMoorsPROPNconfinedVERBhimPRONinADPaDETdungeonNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJputVERBanDETendNOUNtoADPhisPRONlifeNOUNwithADPlingeringNOUNtormentsNOUN;PUNCTwhileSCONJothersNOUNaffirmVERBthatSCONJtheDETtowerNOUNofADPtheDETcastleNOUNofADPMarcuelloPROPN,PUNCTnearADPHuescaPROPN,PUNCTinADPArragonPROPN,PUNCTinADPwhichPRONhePRONtookVERBrefugeNOUN,PUNCTfellVERBonADPhimPRONandCCONJcrushedVERBhimPRONtoADPpiecesNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SomesomeDETPronType=Ind2 assertnsubj
2assertassertVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thatthatSCONJ_7 pursuedmark
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 Alahordet
5cruelcruelADJDegree=Pos6 Alahoramod
6AlahorAlahorPROPNNumber=Sing7 pursuednsubj
7pursuedpursueVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 assertadvcl
8himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 pursuedobj
9totoADP_11 retreatcase
10hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 retreatnmod:poss
11retreatretreatNOUNNumber=Sing7 pursuedobl
12amongamongADP_14 mountainscase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 mountainsdet
14mountainsmountainNOUNNumber=Plur7 pursuedobl
15,,PUNCT_19 takenpunct
16andandCCONJ_19 takencc
17,,PUNCT_18 havingpunct
18havinghaveAUXTense=Pres VerbForm=Part19 takenaux
19takentakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part2 assertconj
20himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs19 takenobj
21prisonerprisonerNOUNNumber=Sing19 takenxcomp
22,,PUNCT_23 beheadedpunct
23beheadedbeheadVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 assertconj
24himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs23 beheadedobj
25;;PUNCT_30 confinedpunct
26othersotherNOUNNumber=Plur30 confinednsubj
27thatthatSCONJ_30 confinedmark
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 Moorsdet
29MoorsMoorPROPNNumber=Plur30 confinednsubj
30confinedconfineVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 assertconj
31himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs30 confinedobj
32ininADP_34 dungeoncase
33aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art34 dungeondet
34dungeondungeonNOUNNumber=Sing30 confinedobl
35,,PUNCT_37 putpunct
36andandCCONJ_37 putcc
37putputVERBVerbForm=Inf2 assertconj
38anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art39 enddet
39endendNOUNNumber=Sing37 putobj
40totoADP_42 lifecase
41hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs42 lifenmod:poss
42lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing37 putobl
43withwithADP_45 tormentscase
44lingeringlingeringNOUNNumber=Sing45 tormentscompound
45tormentstormentNOUNNumber=Plur37 putobl
46;;PUNCT_49 affirmpunct
47whilewhileSCONJ_49 affirmmark
48othersotherNOUNNumber=Plur49 affirmnsubj
49affirmaffirmVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 assertparataxis
50thatthatSCONJ_60 Huescamark
51thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art52 towerdet
52towertowerNOUNNumber=Sing60 Huescansubj
53ofofADP_55 castlecase
54thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art55 castledet
55castlecastleNOUNNumber=Sing52 towernmod
56ofofADP_57 Marcuellocase
57MarcuelloMarcuelloPROPNNumber=Sing55 castlenmod
58,,PUNCT_60 Huescapunct
59nearnearADP_60 Huescacase
60HuescaHuescaPROPNNumber=Sing49 affirmobl
61,,PUNCT_63 Arragonpunct
62ininADP_63 Arragoncase
63ArragonArragonPROPNNumber=Sing60 Huescaconj
64,,PUNCT_68 tookpunct
65ininADP_66 whichcase
66whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel68 tookobl
67hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs68 tooknsubj
68tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin49 affirmparataxis
69refugerefugeNOUNNumber=Sing68 tookobj
70,,PUNCT_71 fellpunct
71fellfallVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin68 tookconj
72ononADP_73 himcase
73himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs71 fellobl
74andandCCONJ_75 crushedcc
75crushedcrushVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin71 fellconj
76himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs75 crushedobj
77totoADP_78 piecescase
78piecespieceNOUNNumber=Plur75 crushedobl
79..PUNCT_2 assertpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1assertpresentSomevn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2pursuepastthe cruel AlahorGodGod's retreatamong the mountainsvn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme to retreat=Trajectory
3takegerund · perfectSome not said hereGodprisoner xcompvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination
4beheadpastSome not said hereGodvn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
5confinepastothersGoda dungeonthe Moors nsubjvn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in dungeon=Destination
6putinfinitiveSome not said herea endto God's life; with lingering tormentsvn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent end=Goal
7affirmpresentothersHuesca the tower of the castle of Marcuello and Arragonvn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
8takepastGodrefugewhich oblvn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent refuge=Value in which=Location
9fallpastGod not said hereon Godvn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on he=Location
10crushpastGod not said hereGodto pieces resultvn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent he=Patient to piece=Result

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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