Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Loves of Roderick and the Princess Elyata., sentence 31
Seeing her face clouded with sorrow and anxiety, he soothed her with gentle and courteous words, and, conducting her to a royal palace, “Behold,” said he, “thy habitation, where no one shall molest thee; consider thyself at home in the mansion of thy father, and dispose of any thing according to thy will.”
Who acts: Toledo · What happens: see, cloud, soothe, conduct, say, consider · To what, where: face, Elyata, royal palace, thyself, home · 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 (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 | Seeing | see | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 soothed | advcl |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 face | nmod:poss |
| 3 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Seeing | obj |
| 4 | clouded | cloud | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 face | acl |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 sorrow | case |
| 6 | sorrow | sorrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 clouded | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 anxiety | cc |
| 8 | anxiety | anxiety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sorrow | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Seeing | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 soothed | nsubj |
| 11 | soothed | soothe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 soothed | obj |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 words | case |
| 14 | gentle | gentle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 words | amod |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 courteous | cc |
| 16 | courteous | courteous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 gentle | conj |
| 17 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 soothed | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 conducting | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 conducting | cc |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 conducting | punct |
| 21 | conducting | conduct | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 soothed | advcl |
| 22 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 conducting | obj |
| 23 | to | to | ADP | _ | 26 palace | case |
| 24 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 26 palace | det |
| 25 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 palace | amod |
| 26 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 conducting | obl |
| 27 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 said | punct |
| 28 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 32 said | punct |
| 29 | Behold | behold | INTJ | _ | 32 said | discourse |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 Behold | punct |
| 31 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 29 Behold | punct |
| 32 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 soothed | parataxis |
| 33 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 32 said | nsubj |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 habitation | punct |
| 35 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 37 habitation | punct |
| 36 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 37 habitation | nmod:poss |
| 37 | habitation | habitation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 said | ccomp |
| 38 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 43 molest | punct |
| 39 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 43 molest | advmod |
| 40 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 41 one | det |
| 41 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 43 molest | nsubj |
| 42 | shall | shall | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 43 molest | aux |
| 43 | molest | mol | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 37 habitation | appos |
| 44 | thee | thou | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 43 molest | obj |
| 45 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 46 consider | punct |
| 46 | consider | consider | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 32 said | conj |
| 47 | thyself | thyself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes Style=Arch | 46 consider | obj |
| 48 | at | at | ADP | _ | 49 home | case |
| 49 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 consider | obl |
| 50 | in | in | ADP | _ | 52 mansion | case |
| 51 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 52 mansion | det |
| 52 | mansion | mansion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 46 consider | obl |
| 53 | of | of | ADP | _ | 55 father | case |
| 54 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 55 father | nmod:poss |
| 55 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 52 mansion | nmod |
| 56 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 58 dispose | punct |
| 57 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 dispose | cc |
| 58 | dispose | dispose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 soothed | parataxis |
| 59 | of | of | ADP | _ | 61 thing | case |
| 60 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 61 thing | det |
| 61 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 58 dispose | nmod |
| 62 | according | accord | VERB | ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 65 will | case |
| 63 | to | to | ADP | _ | 62 according | fixed |
| 64 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 65 will | nmod:poss |
| 65 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 61 thing | acl:relcl |
| 66 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 58 dispose | punct |
| 67 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 58 dispose | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | gerund | Toledo not said here | Elyata's face | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | cloud | participle | Elyata's face not said here | with sorrow and anxiety | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with sorrow=Instrument | ||||
| 3 | soothe | past | Toledo | Elyata | with gentle words; dispose of any thing parataxis | tree rules | |||
| 4 | conduct | gerund | Toledo not said here | Elyata | a royal palace | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to palace=Destination | |||
| 5 | say speech: assert | past | Toledo | thy habitation ccomp | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | consider in a quote | infinitive | Toledo not said here | thyself | home | in the mansion of thy father | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent thyself=Attribute | ||
| 7 | accord in a quote | gerund | vn future_having-13.3 «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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