Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Loves of Roderick and the Princess Elyata., sentence 6
The Alcayde of the castle, with many of the people of Denia, was one day on his knees in the chapel, imploring the Virgin to allay a tempest which was strewing the coast with wrecks, when a sentinel brought word that a Moorish cruiser was standing for the land.
Who acts: Alcayde, one day, tempest, sentinel, brought word · What happens: be, implore, allay, strew, bring, word · To what, where: one day, knees, Virgin, tempest, coast
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 (Alcayde, one day, tempest, sentinel), 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 Alcayde | det |
| 2 | Alcayde | Alcayde | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 day | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 castle | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 castle | det |
| 5 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Alcayde | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 people | punct |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 people | case |
| 8 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 people | amod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 people | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 people | det |
| 11 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 castle | conj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 Denia | case |
| 13 | Denia | Denia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 people | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Alcayde | punct |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 day | cop |
| 16 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 day | nummod |
| 17 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 18 | on | on | ADP | _ | 20 knees | case |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 knees | nmod:poss |
| 20 | knees | knee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 day | nmod |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 23 chapel | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 chapel | det |
| 23 | chapel | chapel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 knees | nmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 imploring | punct |
| 25 | imploring | implore | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 17 day | acl |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 Virgin | det |
| 27 | Virgin | virgin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 imploring | obj |
| 28 | to | to | PART | _ | 29 allay | mark |
| 29 | allay | allay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 25 imploring | advcl |
| 30 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 31 tempest | det |
| 31 | tempest | tempest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 allay | obj |
| 32 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 34 strewing | nsubj |
| 33 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 34 strewing | aux |
| 34 | strewing | strew | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 31 tempest | acl:relcl |
| 35 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 coast | det |
| 36 | coast | coast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 34 strewing | obj |
| 37 | with | with | ADP | _ | 38 wrecks | case |
| 38 | wrecks | wreck | NOUN | Number=Plur | 34 strewing | obl |
| 39 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 word | punct |
| 40 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 44 word | advmod |
| 41 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 42 sentinel | det |
| 42 | sentinel | sentinel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 44 word | nsubj |
| 43 | brought | bring | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 44 word | amod |
| 44 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 tempest | appos |
| 45 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 50 standing | nsubj |
| 46 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 48 cruiser | det |
| 47 | Moorish | moorish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 48 cruiser | amod |
| 48 | cruiser | cruiser | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 standing | nsubj |
| 49 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 50 standing | aux |
| 50 | standing | stand | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 44 word | acl:relcl |
| 51 | for | for | ADP | _ | 53 land | case |
| 52 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 53 land | det |
| 53 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 50 standing | obl |
| 54 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 day | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the Alcayde of the castle and the many people of Denia | one day | Denia's knees in the chapel | tree rules | |||
| 2 | implore | gerund | one day not said here | the Virgin | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent virgin=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | allay | to-infinitive | one day not said here | a tempest | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | strew | past · progressive | a tempest | the coast | with wrecks | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent coast=Destination with wreck=Theme | |||
| 5 | bring | participle | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 6 | word | a sentinel | tree rules | ||||||
| 7 | stand | past · progressive | brought word | for the land; a Moorish cruiser nsubj | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for land=Attribute |
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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