Legends of the conquest of Spain, Don Roderick Receives an Extraordinary Embassy., sentence 10
“The guardianship of the portal was given to our ancestors, and has continued in our family, from generation to generation, since the days of Hercules.
What happens: give, continue · To what, where: guardianship, ancestors, family
This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Don Roderick Receives an Extraordinary Embassy.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 given | punct |
| 2 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 guardianship | det |
| 3 | guardianship | guardianship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 given | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 portal | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 portal | det |
| 6 | portal | portal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 guardianship | nmod |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 given | aux:pass |
| 8 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 ancestors | case |
| 10 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 ancestors | nmod:poss |
| 11 | ancestors | ancestor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 given | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 continued | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 continued | cc |
| 14 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 continued | aux |
| 15 | continued | continue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 given | conj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 family | case |
| 17 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 family | nmod:poss |
| 18 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 continued | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 generation | punct |
| 20 | from | from | ADP | _ | 21 generation | case |
| 21 | generation | generation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 continued | obl |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 generation | case |
| 23 | generation | generation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 generation | nmod |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 days | punct |
| 25 | since | since | ADP | _ | 27 days | case |
| 26 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 27 days | det |
| 27 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 continued | obl |
| 28 | of | of | ADP | _ | 29 Hercules | case |
| 29 | Hercules | Hercules | PROPN | Number=Sing | 27 days | nmod |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 given | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give in a quote | past · passive | the guardianship of the portal | our ancestors | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to ancestor=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | continue in a quote | present · perfect | our family | from generation to generation; day | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from generation=Initial_Location |
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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