Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Loves of Roderick and the Princess Elyata., sentence 28
As this brilliant cavalcade crossed the bridge of the Tagus, all Toledo poured forth to behold it; and nothing was heard throughout the city but praises of the wonderful beauty of the princess of Algiers.
Who acts: brilliant cavalcade, Toledo · What happens: cross, pour, behold, hear, praise · To what, where: bridge, nothing, wonderful beauty
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 (brilliant cavalcade, Toledo), 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 | SCONJ | _ | 5 crossed | mark |
| 2 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 cavalcade | det |
| 3 | brilliant | brilliant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 cavalcade | amod |
| 4 | cavalcade | cavalcade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 crossed | nsubj |
| 5 | crossed | cross | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 poured | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bridge | det |
| 7 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 crossed | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Tagus | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Tagus | det |
| 10 | Tagus | Tagus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 bridge | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 crossed | punct |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 Toledo | det |
| 13 | Toledo | Toledo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 poured | nsubj |
| 14 | poured | pour | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | forth | forth | ADV | _ | 14 poured | advmod |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 behold | mark |
| 17 | behold | behold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 poured | xcomp |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 behold | obj |
| 19 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 23 heard | punct |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 heard | cc |
| 21 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 23 heard | nsubj:pass |
| 22 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 heard | aux:pass |
| 23 | heard | hear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 poured | conj |
| 24 | throughout | throughout | ADP | _ | 26 city | case |
| 25 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 city | det |
| 26 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 heard | obl |
| 27 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 28 praises | cc |
| 28 | praises | praise | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 city | conj |
| 29 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 beauty | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 beauty | det |
| 31 | wonderful | wonderful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 32 beauty | amod |
| 32 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 28 praises | nmod |
| 33 | of | of | ADP | _ | 35 princess | case |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 princess | det |
| 35 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 beauty | nmod |
| 36 | of | of | ADP | _ | 37 Algiers | case |
| 37 | Algiers | Algier | PROPN | Number=Plur | 35 princess | nmod |
| 38 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 poured | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cross | past | this brilliant cavalcade | the bridge of the Tagus | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bridge=Patient | ||||
| 2 | pour | past | all Toledo | forth property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | behold | to-infinitive | all Toledo not said here | bridge | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | hear | past · passive | nothing | throughout the city but praises of the wonderful beauty of the princess of Algiers | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | praise | the wonderful beauty of the princess of Algiers | nom praise «communication transitive»: of=patient |
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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