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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Loves of Roderick and the Princess Elyata., sentence 41

The princess and her damsels, clad in white, walked on foot to the cathedral, while numerous beautiful children, arrayed as angels, strewed the path with flowers; and the archbishop, meeting them at the portal, received them, as it were, into the bosom of the church.

Who acts: princess, Archbishop · What happens: clad, walk, array, strew, meet, receive · To what, where: princess, white, numerous beautiful children, foot, path, portal

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 (princess, Archbishop), 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

detnsubjccnmod:possconjpunctaclcaseoblpunctcaseoblcasedetoblpunctmarkamodamodoblpunctaclcaseoblpunctconjdetobjcasenmodpunctccdetoblpunctadvclobjcasedetoblpunctparataxisobjpunctmarknsubjcoppunctcasedetoblcasedetnmodpunctrootTheDETprincessNOUNandCCONJherPRONdamselsNOUN,PUNCTcladVERBinADPwhiteADJ,PUNCTwalkedVERBonADPfootNOUNtoADPtheDETcathedralNOUN,PUNCTwhileSCONJnumerousADJbeautifulADJchildrenNOUN,PUNCTarrayedVERBasADPangelsNOUN,PUNCTstrewedVERBtheDETpathNOUNwithADPflowersNOUN;PUNCTandCCONJtheDETarchbishopNOUN,PUNCTmeetingVERBthemPRONatADPtheDETportalNOUN,PUNCTreceivedVERBthemPRON,PUNCTasSCONJitPRONwereAUX,PUNCTintoADPtheDETbosomNOUNofADPtheDETchurchNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 princessdet
2princessprincessNOUNNumber=Sing11 walkednsubj
3andandCCONJ_5 damselscc
4herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs5 damselsnmod:poss
5damselsdamselNOUNNumber=Plur2 princessconj
6,,PUNCT_7 cladpunct
7cladcladVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 princessacl
8ininADP_9 whitecase
9whitewhiteADJDegree=Pos7 cladobl
10,,PUNCT_11 walkedpunct
11walkedwalkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
12ononADP_13 footcase
13footfootNOUNNumber=Sing11 walkedobl
14totoADP_16 cathedralcase
15thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 cathedraldet
16cathedralcathedralNOUNNumber=Sing11 walkedobl
17,,PUNCT_21 childrenpunct
18whilewhileSCONJ_21 childrenmark
19numerousnumerousADJDegree=Pos21 childrenamod
20beautifulbeautifulADJDegree=Pos21 childrenamod
21childrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur11 walkedobl
22,,PUNCT_23 arrayedpunct
23arrayedarrayVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass21 childrenacl
24asasADP_25 angelscase
25angelsangelNOUNNumber=Plur23 arrayedobl
26,,PUNCT_27 strewedpunct
27strewedstrewVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 walkedconj
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 pathdet
29pathpathNOUNNumber=Sing27 strewedobj
30withwithADP_31 flowerscase
31flowersflowerNOUNNumber=Plur29 pathnmod
32;;PUNCT_35 archbishoppunct
33andandCCONJ_35 archbishopcc
34thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art35 archbishopdet
35archbishoparchbishopNOUNNumber=Sing11 walkedobl
36,,PUNCT_37 meetingpunct
37meetingmeetVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part11 walkedadvcl
38themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs37 meetingobj
39atatADP_41 portalcase
40thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art41 portaldet
41portalportalNOUNNumber=Sing37 meetingobl
42,,PUNCT_43 receivedpunct
43receivedreceiveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 walkedparataxis
44themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs43 receivedobj
45,,PUNCT_52 bosompunct
46asasSCONJ_52 bosommark
47ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs52 bosomnsubj
48werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin52 bosomcop
49,,PUNCT_52 bosompunct
50intointoADP_52 bosomcase
51thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art52 bosomdet
52bosombosomNOUNNumber=Sing43 receivedobl
53ofofADP_55 churchcase
54thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art55 churchdet
55churchchurchNOUNNumber=Sing52 bosomnmod
56..PUNCT_11 walkedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1cladparticiplethe princess and ceremony's damsels not said herewhitetree rules
2walkpastthe princess and ceremony's damselsnumerous beautiful childrenfootto the cathedral result; the archbishop oblvn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to cathedral=Result
3arrayparticiplenumerous beautiful children not said hereas angelstree rules
4strewpastthe princess and ceremony's damsels not said herethe pathwith flowersvn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent path=Destination with flower=Theme
5meetgerundthe princess and ceremony's damsels not said hereprincessthe portalvn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent
6receivepastprincessvn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
7ispastArchbishopthe bosomof the churchtree rules

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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