Legends of the conquest of Spain, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., sentence 7
In this way, he may have heard the doleful end of Count Julian and his family recounted in traditionary rhymes, that have been handed down from generation to generation.
Who acts: Spain, doleful end · What happens: hear, recount, hand down · To what, where: way, traditionary rhymes, generation · 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 (Spain, doleful end), 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 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 way | case |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 way | det |
| 3 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 heard | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 way | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 heard | nsubj |
| 6 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 heard | aux |
| 7 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 heard | aux |
| 8 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 end | det |
| 10 | doleful | doleful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 end | amod |
| 11 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 recounted | nsubj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 Julian | case |
| 13 | Count | Count | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Julian | compound |
| 14 | Julian | Julian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 end | nmod |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 family | cc |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 family | nmod:poss |
| 17 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 Julian | conj |
| 18 | recounted | recount | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 heard | ccomp |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 rhymes | case |
| 20 | traditionary | traditionary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 rhymes | amod |
| 21 | rhymes | rhyme | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 recounted | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 handed | punct |
| 23 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 26 handed | nsubj:pass |
| 24 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 handed | aux |
| 25 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 26 handed | aux:pass |
| 26 | handed | hand | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 rhymes | acl |
| 27 | down | down | ADP | _ | 26 handed | compound:prt |
| 28 | from | from | ADP | _ | 29 generation | case |
| 29 | generation | generation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 handed | obl |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 31 generation | case |
| 31 | generation | generation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 generation | nmod |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 heard | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | may · perfect | Spain | this way | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | recount speech: other | past | the doleful end of Count Julian and Spain's family | traditionary rhymes | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | hand down | present · perfect · passive | traditionary rhymes | from generation to generation | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: subject=Theme from generation=Initial_Location |
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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