Legends of the conquest of Spain, Note to the Preceding Legend., sentence 8
As readers unversed in the Spanish language may wish to know the testimony of the worthy and discreet capuchin friar, Antonio de Fuentalapeña, we subjoin a translation of it.
Who acts: readers, we, worthy capuchin friar, translation · What happens: unvers, wish, know, subjoin, testify, translate · To what, where: readers, Spanish language, testimony, translation
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Note to the Preceding Legend.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (readers, we, worthy capuchin friar, translation), 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 | _ | 9 wish | mark |
| 2 | readers | reader | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 wish | nsubj |
| 3 | unversed | unvers | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 readers | acl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 language | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 language | det |
| 6 | Spanish | Spanish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 language | amod |
| 7 | language | language | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 unversed | obl |
| 8 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 wish | aux |
| 9 | wish | wish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 27 subjoin | advcl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 know | mark |
| 11 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 wish | xcomp |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 testimony | det |
| 13 | testimony | testimony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 know | obj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 20 friar | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 friar | det |
| 16 | worthy | worthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 friar | amod |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 discreet | cc |
| 18 | discreet | discreet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 worthy | conj |
| 19 | capuchin | capuchin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 friar | compound |
| 20 | friar | friar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 testimony | nmod |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 Antonio | punct |
| 22 | Antonio | Antonio | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 friar | appos |
| 23 | de | de | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Antonio | flat |
| 24 | Fuentalapeña | Fuentalapeña | PROPN | Number=Sing | 22 Antonio | flat |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 wish | punct |
| 26 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 27 subjoin | nsubj |
| 27 | subjoin | subjoin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 28 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 29 translation | det |
| 29 | translation | translation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 subjoin | obj |
| 30 | of | of | ADP | _ | 31 it | case |
| 31 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 translation | nmod |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 27 subjoin | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | unvers | participle | readers not said here | the Spanish language | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | wish | may | readers | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | know not said to happen | to-infinitive | readers not said here | the testimony of the worthy capuchin friar | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer testimony=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | subjoin | present | we | a translation of translation | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | testify | the worthy capuchin friar | nom testimony «communication intransitive»: of=agent | ||||||
| 6 | translate | translation | nom translation «communication intransitive»: of=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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