Legends of the conquest of Spain, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., sentence 83
The same messenger brought word that the Emir Alahor had put to death several of the friends of Count Julian; had obliged him to fly for his life to a castle in Arragon; and was embarking with a formidable force for Ceuta.
Who acts: same messenger · What happens: bring, put, oblige, fly, embark · To what, where: word, Emir Alahor, messenger
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 (same messenger), 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 messenger | det |
| 2 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 messenger | amod |
| 3 | messenger | messenger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 brought | nsubj |
| 4 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 brought | obj |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 put | obj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Alahor | det |
| 8 | Emir | Emir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 Alahor | compound |
| 9 | Alahor | Alahor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 put | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 put | aux |
| 11 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 word | acl:relcl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 death | case |
| 13 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 put | obl |
| 14 | several | several | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 put | conj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 friends | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 friends | det |
| 17 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 several | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 Count | case |
| 19 | Count | Count | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 friends | nmod |
| 20 | Julian | Julian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 19 Count | flat |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 obliged | punct |
| 22 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 obliged | aux |
| 23 | obliged | oblige | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 brought | conj |
| 24 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 obliged | obj |
| 25 | to | to | PART | _ | 26 fly | mark |
| 26 | fly | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 23 obliged | advcl |
| 27 | for | for | ADP | _ | 29 life | case |
| 28 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 life | nmod:poss |
| 29 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 fly | obl |
| 30 | to | to | ADP | _ | 32 castle | case |
| 31 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 32 castle | det |
| 32 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 fly | obl |
| 33 | in | in | ADP | _ | 34 Arragon | case |
| 34 | Arragon | Arragon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 castle | nmod |
| 35 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 38 embarking | punct |
| 36 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 38 embarking | cc |
| 37 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 38 embarking | aux |
| 38 | embarking | embark | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 brought | advcl |
| 39 | with | with | ADP | _ | 42 force | case |
| 40 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 force | det |
| 41 | formidable | formidable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 force | amod |
| 42 | force | force | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 embarking | obl |
| 43 | for | for | ADP | _ | 44 Ceuta | case |
| 44 | Ceuta | Ceuta | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 force | nmod |
| 45 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 brought | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | past | the same messenger | word | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent word=Theme | ||||
| 2 | put | past · perfect · passive | the Emir Alahor | to death; word obj | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Asset that=Goal | ||||
| 3 | oblige | past · perfect | the same messenger not said here | messenger | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ||||
| 4 | fly | to-infinitive | the same messenger not said here | for messenger's life; to a castle in Arragon result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to castle=Result | ||||
| 5 | embark | past · progressive | the same messenger not said here | with a formidable force for Ceuta | 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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