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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower., sentence 30

The patience of the king was now exhausted, and he advanced to apply his hand; scarcely, however, did he touch the iron gate, when it swung slowly open, uttering, as it were, a dismal groan, as it turned reluctantly upon its hinges.

Who acts: King, patience · What happens: exhaust, advance, apply, touch, swing, utter · To what, where: patience, hand, iron gate, dismal groan, hinges

This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (King, patience), 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

detnsubj:passcasedetnmodaux:passadvmodpunctccnsubjconjmarkxcompnmod:possobjpunctadvmodpunctadvmodpunctauxnsubjparataxisdetcompoundobjpunctadvmodnsubjadvcladvmodxcomppunctadvclpunctmarknsubjcoppunctdetamodoblpunctmarknsubjadvcladvmodcasenmod:possoblpunctrootTheDETpatienceNOUNofADPtheDETkingNOUNwasAUXnowADVexhaustedVERB,PUNCTandCCONJhePRONadvancedVERBtoPARTapplyVERBhisPRONhandNOUN;PUNCTscarcelyADV,PUNCThoweverADV,PUNCTdidAUXhePRONtouchVERBtheDETironNOUNgateNOUN,PUNCTwhenADVitPRONswungVERBslowlyADVopenADJ,PUNCTutteringVERB,PUNCTasSCONJitPRONwereAUX,PUNCTaDETdismalADJgroanNOUN,PUNCTasSCONJitPRONturnedVERBreluctantlyADVuponADPitsPRONhingesNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 patiencedet
2patiencepatienceNOUNNumber=Sing8 exhaustednsubj:pass
3ofofADP_5 kingcase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 kingdet
5kingkingNOUNNumber=Sing2 patiencenmod
6wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 exhaustedaux:pass
7nownowADVPronType=Dem8 exhaustedadvmod
8exhaustedexhaustVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
9,,PUNCT_12 advancedpunct
10andandCCONJ_12 advancedcc
11hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs12 advancednsubj
12advancedadvanceVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin8 exhaustedconj
13totoPART_14 applymark
14applyapplyVERBVerbForm=Inf12 advancedxcomp
15hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs16 handnmod:poss
16handhandNOUNNumber=Sing14 applyobj
17;;PUNCT_24 touchpunct
18scarcelyscarcelyADV_24 touchadvmod
19,,PUNCT_18 scarcelypunct
20howeverhoweverADV_24 touchadvmod
21,,PUNCT_20 howeverpunct
22diddoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin24 touchaux
23hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs24 touchnsubj
24touchtouchVERBVerbForm=Inf8 exhaustedparataxis
25thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art27 gatedet
26ironironNOUNNumber=Sing27 gatecompound
27gategateNOUNNumber=Sing24 touchobj
28,,PUNCT_31 swungpunct
29whenwhenADVPronType=Int31 swungadvmod
30ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs31 swungnsubj
31swungswingVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin24 touchadvcl
32slowlyslowlyADV_33 openadvmod
33openopenADJDegree=Pos31 swungxcomp
34,,PUNCT_35 utteringpunct
35utteringutterVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part31 swungadvcl
36,,PUNCT_43 groanpunct
37asasSCONJ_43 groanmark
38ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs43 groannsubj
39werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin43 groancop
40,,PUNCT_43 groanpunct
41aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art43 groandet
42dismaldismalADJDegree=Pos43 groanamod
43groangroanNOUNNumber=Sing24 touchobl
44,,PUNCT_47 turnedpunct
45asasSCONJ_47 turnedmark
46ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs47 turnednsubj
47turnedturnVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin24 touchadvcl
48reluctantlyreluctantlyADV_47 turnedadvmod
49uponuponADP_51 hingescase
50itsitsPRONCase=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs51 hingesnmod:poss
51hingeshingeNOUNNumber=Plur47 turnedobl
52..PUNCT_8 exhaustedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1exhaustpast · passivethe patience of the kingnowvn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2advancepastKingvn promote-102 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3applyto-infinitiveKing not said hereKing's handvn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
4touchpast · do-supportKingthe iron gatehowever, scarcely propertyvn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme gate=Co-Theme
5swingpastpatienceopen propertyvn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
6utter speech: othergerundpatience not said herevn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
7is apastpatiencea dismal groantree rules
8turnpastpatiencegate's hingesreluctantly propertyvn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme upon hinge=Trajectory

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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