Legends of the conquest of Spain, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., sentence 70
The old chronicle from which we take this part of our legend presents a gloomy picture of the countess in the stern fortress to which she had fled for refuge; a picture heightened by supernatural horrors.
Who acts: we, old chronicle, Ceuta · What happens: take, present, flee, heighten · To what, where: part, old chronicle, gloomy picture, stern fortress, picture
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 (we, old chronicle, Ceuta), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 chronicle | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 chronicle | amod |
| 3 | chronicle | chronicle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 presents | nsubj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 which | case |
| 5 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 take | obl |
| 6 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 take | nsubj |
| 7 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 chronicle | acl:relcl |
| 8 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 part | det |
| 9 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 take | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 legend | case |
| 11 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 legend | nmod:poss |
| 12 | legend | legend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 part | nmod |
| 13 | presents | present | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 picture | det |
| 15 | gloomy | gloomy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 picture | amod |
| 16 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 presents | obj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 countess | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 countess | det |
| 19 | countess | countess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 picture | nmod |
| 20 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 fortress | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 fortress | det |
| 22 | stern | stern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 fortress | amod |
| 23 | fortress | fortress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 countess | nmod |
| 24 | to | to | ADP | _ | 25 which | case |
| 25 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 28 fled | obl |
| 26 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 fled | nsubj |
| 27 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 fled | aux |
| 28 | fled | flee | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 23 fortress | acl:relcl |
| 29 | for | for | ADP | _ | 30 refuge | case |
| 30 | refuge | refuge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 fled | obl |
| 31 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 33 picture | punct |
| 32 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 33 picture | det |
| 33 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 presents | parataxis |
| 34 | heightened | heighten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 33 picture | acl |
| 35 | by | by | ADP | _ | 37 horrors | case |
| 36 | supernatural | supernatural | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 37 horrors | amod |
| 37 | horrors | horror | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 heightened | obl |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 presents | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | we | this part of our legend | the old chronicle | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent part=Theme from which=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | present | present | the old chronicle | a gloomy picture of the countess in the stern fortress | a picture parataxis | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picture=Theme | |||
| 3 | flee | past · perfect | Ceuta | the stern fortress | for refuge | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to which=Initial_Location | |||
| 4 | heighten | participle | a picture not said here | by supernatural horrors | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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