Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Loves of Roderick and the Princess Elyata., sentence 27
The princess was arrayed in bridal robes, woven in the most costly looms of the orient; her diadem sparkled with diamonds, and was decorated with the rarest plumes of the bird of paradise; and even the silken trappings of her palfrey, which swept the ground, were covered with pearls and precious stones.
Who acts: diadem, silken trappings · What happens: array, weave, sparkle, decorate, sweep, cover · To what, where: princess, bridal robes, costly looms, ground
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 (diadem, silken trappings), 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 | 2 princess | det |
| 2 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 arrayed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 arrayed | aux:pass |
| 4 | arrayed | array | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 robes | case |
| 6 | bridal | bridal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 robes | amod |
| 7 | robes | robe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 arrayed | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 woven | punct |
| 9 | woven | weave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 robes | acl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 looms | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 looms | det |
| 12 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 13 costly | advmod |
| 13 | costly | costly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 looms | amod |
| 14 | looms | loom | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 woven | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 orient | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 orient | det |
| 17 | orient | orient | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 looms | nmod |
| 18 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 sparkled | punct |
| 19 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 diadem | nmod:poss |
| 20 | diadem | diadem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 sparkled | nsubj |
| 21 | sparkled | sparkle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 arrayed | conj |
| 22 | with | with | ADP | _ | 23 diamonds | case |
| 23 | diamonds | diamond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 sparkled | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 decorated | punct |
| 25 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 27 decorated | cc |
| 26 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 decorated | aux:pass |
| 27 | decorated | decorate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 21 sparkled | conj |
| 28 | with | with | ADP | _ | 31 plumes | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 plumes | det |
| 30 | rarest | rare | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 31 plumes | amod |
| 31 | plumes | plume | NOUN | Number=Plur | 27 decorated | obl |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 bird | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 bird | det |
| 34 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 plumes | nmod |
| 35 | of | of | ADP | _ | 36 paradise | case |
| 36 | paradise | paradise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 bird | nmod |
| 37 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 42 trappings | punct |
| 38 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 42 trappings | cc |
| 39 | even | even | ADV | _ | 42 trappings | advmod |
| 40 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 42 trappings | det |
| 41 | silken | silken | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 trappings | amod |
| 42 | trappings | trapping | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 arrayed | conj |
| 43 | of | of | ADP | _ | 45 palfrey | case |
| 44 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 45 palfrey | nmod:poss |
| 45 | palfrey | palfrey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 trappings | nmod |
| 46 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 48 swept | punct |
| 47 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 48 swept | nsubj |
| 48 | swept | sweep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 42 trappings | parataxis |
| 49 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 50 ground | det |
| 50 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 swept | obj |
| 51 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 53 covered | punct |
| 52 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 53 covered | aux:pass |
| 53 | covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 48 swept | conj |
| 54 | with | with | ADP | _ | 55 pearls | case |
| 55 | pearls | pearl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 covered | obl |
| 56 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 stones | cc |
| 57 | precious | precious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 58 stones | amod |
| 58 | stones | stone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 55 pearls | conj |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 arrayed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | array | past · passive | the princess | bridal robes | the silken trappings of band's palfrey conj | tree rules | |||
| 2 | weave | participle | bridal robes not said here | the costly looms of the orient | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in loom=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | sparkle | participle | band's diadem | with diamonds | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with diamond=Theme | ||||
| 4 | decorate | past · passive | band's diadem not said here | with the rarest plumes of the bird of paradise | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: with plume=Theme | ||||
| 5 | sweep | past | the silken trappings of band's palfrey | the ground | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ground=Trajectory | ||||
| 6 | cover | past · passive | the silken trappings of band's palfrey not said here | with pearls and precious stones | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: with pearl=Theme |
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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