Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Story of Florinda., sentence 21

Some lay asleep on the flowery bank; others sat on the margin of the fountain, talking and laughing, as they bathed their feet in its limpid waters, and King Roderick beheld delicate limbs shining through the wave, that might rival the marble in whiteness.

Who acts: Some, others, King, delicate limbs, that · What happens: lay, sit, talk, laugh, bath, behold · To what, where: flowery bank, margin, feet, limpid waters, delicate limbs, wave

This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, The Story of Florinda.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Some, others, King, delicate limbs), 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	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 lay	nsubj
2	lay	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lay	xcomp
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 bank	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bank	det
6	flowery	flowery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bank	amod
7	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lay	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 sat	punct
9	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 sat	nsubj
10	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 lay	advcl
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 margin	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 margin	det
13	margin	margin	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sat	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 fountain	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 fountain	det
16	fountain	fountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 margin	nmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 talking	punct
18	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 sat	advcl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 laughing	cc
20	laughing	laugh	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	18 talking	conj
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 bathed	punct
22	as	as	SCONJ	_	24 bathed	mark
23	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 bathed	nsubj
24	bathed	bath	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 sat	conj
25	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 feet	nmod:poss
26	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 bathed	obj
27	in	in	ADP	_	30 waters	case
28	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 waters	nmod:poss
29	limpid	limpid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 waters	amod
30	waters	water	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 bathed	obl
31	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 beheld	punct
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	35 beheld	cc
33	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	35 beheld	nsubj
34	Roderick	Roderick	PROPN	Number=Sing	33 King	flat
35	beheld	behold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 sat	conj
36	delicate	delicate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	37 limbs	amod
37	limbs	limb	NOUN	Number=Plur	35 beheld	obj
38	shining	shine	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	37 limbs	acl
39	through	through	ADP	_	41 wave	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	41 wave	det
41	wave	wave	NOUN	Number=Sing	38 shining	obl
42	,	,	PUNCT	_	45 rival	punct
43	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	45 rival	nsubj
44	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	45 rival	aux
45	rival	rival	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	35 beheld	conj
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 marble	det
47	marble	marble	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 rival	obj
48	in	in	ADP	_	49 whiteness	case
49	whiteness	whiteness	NOUN	Number=Sing	45 rival	obl
50	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 lay	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	lay	present	Some		the flowery bank	asleep property	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on bank=Destination
2	sit	past	others		the margin of the fountain		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on margin=Location
3	talk	gerund	others not said here				vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	laugh	gerund	others not said here				vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	bath	past	others = other	fountains's feet	foot's limpid waters		tree rules
6	behold	past	King	delicate limbs			vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer limb=Stimulus
7	shine	gerund	delicate limbs not said here		the wave		vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through wave=Location
8	rival	might	that	the marble	whiteness		tree 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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🌲 Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Story of Florinda., sentence 21

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Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Story of Florinda., sentence 21