Legends of the conquest of Spain, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., sentence 82
On the following morning, a messenger arrived with tidings that the Bishop Oppas had been made prisoner in battle by the insurgent Christians of the Asturias, and had died in fetters in a tower of the mountains.
Who acts: messenger, insurgent · What happens: follow, arrive, make, die · To what, where: Bishop Oppas, battle
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 (messenger, insurgent), 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 | On | on | ADP | _ | 4 morning | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 morning | det |
| 3 | following | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 morning | amod |
| 4 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 arrived | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 morning | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 messenger | det |
| 7 | messenger | messenger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 arrived | nsubj |
| 8 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 tidings | case |
| 10 | tidings | tiding | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 arrived | obl |
| 11 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 17 made | mark |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 Oppas | det |
| 13 | Bishop | Bishop | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Oppas | compound |
| 14 | Oppas | Oppas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 made | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 made | aux |
| 16 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 17 made | aux:pass |
| 17 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 arrived | advcl |
| 18 | prisoner | prisoner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 made | xcomp |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 battle | case |
| 20 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 made | obl |
| 21 | by | by | ADP | _ | 23 insurgent | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 insurgent | det |
| 23 | insurgent | insurgent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 made | obl |
| 24 | Christians | Christian | PROPN | Number=Plur | 23 insurgent | appos |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 Asturias | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 Asturias | det |
| 27 | Asturias | Asturias | PROPN | Number=Sing | 24 Christians | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 died | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 died | cc |
| 30 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 died | aux |
| 31 | died | die | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 arrived | conj |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 33 fetters | case |
| 33 | fetters | fetter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 31 died | obl |
| 34 | in | in | ADP | _ | 36 tower | case |
| 35 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 tower | det |
| 36 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 died | obl |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 mountains | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 mountains | det |
| 39 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 36 tower | nmod |
| 40 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 arrived | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | gerund | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | arrive | participle | a messenger | morning | with tidings | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 3 | make | past · perfect · passive | the insurgent | the Bishop Oppas | battle | prisoner xcomp | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product | ||
| 4 | die | past · perfect | a messenger not said here | in a tower of the mountains; in fetters | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in fetter=Attribute |
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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