Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Loves of Roderick and the Princess Elyata., sentence 12
As the galleot grounded upon the sand, the impatient rabble rushed into the surf to capture and make spoil; but were awed into admiration and respect by the appearance of the illustrious company on board.
Who acts: appearance · What happens: ground, rush, capture, make, awe · To what, where: galleot, impatient rabble, surf, spoil, admiration
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Of the Loves of Roderick and the Princess Elyata.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (appearance), 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 | As | as | ADP | _ | 3 galleot | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 galleot | det |
| 3 | galleot | galleot | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | grounded | ground | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 galleot | acl |
| 5 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 7 sand | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sand | det |
| 7 | sand | sand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 grounded | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 rabble | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 rabble | det |
| 10 | impatient | impatient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 rabble | amod |
| 11 | rabble | rabble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 galleot | conj |
| 12 | rushed | rush | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 rabble | acl |
| 13 | into | into | ADP | _ | 15 surf | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 surf | det |
| 15 | surf | surf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 rushed | obl |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 capture | mark |
| 17 | capture | capture | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 rushed | advcl |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 make | cc |
| 19 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 capture | conj |
| 20 | spoil | spoil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 make | obj |
| 21 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 24 awed | punct |
| 22 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 24 awed | cc |
| 23 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 awed | aux:pass |
| 24 | awed | awe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 galleot | conj |
| 25 | into | into | ADP | _ | 26 admiration | case |
| 26 | admiration | admiration | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 awed | obl |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 respect | cc |
| 28 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 admiration | conj |
| 29 | by | by | ADP | _ | 31 appearance | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 appearance | det |
| 31 | appearance | appearance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 awed | obl |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 company | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 company | det |
| 34 | illustrious | illustrious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 company | amod |
| 35 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 appearance | nmod |
| 36 | on | on | ADP | _ | 37 board | case |
| 37 | board | board | NOUN | Number=Sing | 35 company | nmod |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 galleot | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ground | participle | the galleot and the impatient rabble not said here | upon the sand | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | rush | participle | the impatient rabble not said here | into the surf result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into surf=Result | ||||
| 3 | capture | to-infinitive | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | make | infinitive | spoil | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset spoil=Product | |||||
| 5 | awe | past · passive | the appearance of the illustrious company on board | admiration and respect | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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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