Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Loves of Roderick and the Princess Elyata., sentence 16
“You behold before you,” said they, “the only daughter of the King of Algiers, the betrothed bride of the son of the King of Tunis.
Who acts: You, others · What happens: behold, say, betroth · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (You, others), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 behold | punct |
| 2 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 behold | nsubj |
| 3 | behold | behold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 said | ccomp |
| 4 | before | before | ADP | _ | 5 you | case |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 behold | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 behold | punct |
| 7 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 behold | punct |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 said | nsubj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 daughter | punct |
| 11 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 daughter | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 daughter | det |
| 13 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 daughter | amod |
| 14 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 said | ccomp |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 King | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 King | det |
| 17 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 daughter | nmod |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 Algiers | case |
| 19 | Algiers | Algier | PROPN | Number=Plur | 17 King | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 bride | punct |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 bride | det |
| 22 | betrothed | betroth | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 23 bride | amod |
| 23 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 King | conj |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 son | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 son | det |
| 26 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 bride | nmod |
| 27 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 King | case |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 King | det |
| 29 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 son | nmod |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 Tunis | case |
| 31 | Tunis | Tunis | PROPN | Number=Sing | 29 King | nmod |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | behold in a quote | present | You | before you | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | others = other | the only daughter of the King of Algiers and the betrothed bride of the son of the King of Tunis ccomp | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | betroth in a quote | participle | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
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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