Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Loves of Roderick and the Princess Elyata., sentence 21
Some of her ancient attendants interceded for her liberation, promising countless sums to be paid by her father for her ransom; but the Alcayde turned a deaf ear to all their golden offers.
Who acts: Some, father, Alcayde, tempest, sums · What happens: intercede, promise, pay, turn, liberate, ransom · To what, where: countless sums, deaf ear, golden offers
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 (Some, father, Alcayde, tempest), 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 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 interceded | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 attendants | case |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 attendants | nmod:poss |
| 4 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 attendants | amod |
| 5 | attendants | attendant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Some | nmod |
| 6 | interceded | intercede | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 liberation | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 liberation | nmod:poss |
| 9 | liberation | liberation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 interceded | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 promising | punct |
| 11 | promising | promise | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 interceded | advcl |
| 12 | countless | countless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 sums | amod |
| 13 | sums | sum | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 promising | obj |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 paid | mark |
| 15 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 16 paid | aux:pass |
| 16 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 sums | acl |
| 17 | by | by | ADP | _ | 19 father | case |
| 18 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 father | nmod:poss |
| 19 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 paid | obl |
| 20 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 ransom | case |
| 21 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 ransom | nmod:poss |
| 22 | ransom | ransom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 father | nmod |
| 23 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 27 turned | punct |
| 24 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 27 turned | cc |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 Alcayde | det |
| 26 | Alcayde | Alcayde | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 turned | nsubj |
| 27 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 interceded | conj |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 30 ear | det |
| 29 | deaf | deaf | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 30 ear | amod |
| 30 | ear | ear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 turned | obj |
| 31 | to | to | ADP | _ | 35 offers | case |
| 32 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 35 offers | det:predet |
| 33 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 35 offers | nmod:poss |
| 34 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 35 offers | amod |
| 35 | offers | offer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 turned | obl |
| 36 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 interceded | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | intercede | past | Some of tempest's ancient attendants | for tempest's liberation | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | promise speech: promise | gerund | Some of tempest's ancient attendants not said here | countless sums | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent sum=Theme | ||||
| 3 | pay | to-infinitive · passive | tempest's father for tempest's ransom | countless sums not said here | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | turn | past | the Alcayde | a deaf ear | sums's golden offers | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent ear=Theme to offer=Trajectory | |||
| 5 | liberate | tempest | nom liberation «act transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 6 | ransom | tempest | nom ransom «possession transitive»: poss=agent | ||||||
| 7 | offer | sums = sum | nom offer «communication transitive»: poss=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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