Legends of the conquest of Spain, Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower., sentence 59
On unfolding it, he beheld painted on it figures of men on horseback, of fierce demeanour, clad in turbans and robes of various colours, after the fashion of the Arabs, with scimitars hanging from their necks, and cross-bows at their saddle backs, and they carried banners and pennons with divers devices.
Who acts: coffer, scimitars, backs · What happens: unfold, paint, figure, clad, hang, carry · To what, where: coffer, good, fierce demeanour, turbans, necks, banners
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 (coffer, scimitars, backs), 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 | On | on | SCONJ | _ | 2 unfolding | mark |
| 2 | unfolding | unfold | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 painted | advcl |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 unfolding | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 unfolding | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 painted | nsubj |
| 6 | beheld | behold | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 painted | aux:pass |
| 7 | painted | paint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 10 figures | mark |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 figures | nsubj |
| 10 | figures | figure | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 painted | advcl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 men | case |
| 12 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 figures | obl |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 horseback | case |
| 14 | horseback | horseback | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 figures | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 demeanour | punct |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 demeanour | case |
| 17 | fierce | fierce | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 demeanour | amod |
| 18 | demeanour | demeanour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 figures | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 clad | punct |
| 20 | clad | clad | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 demeanour | acl |
| 21 | in | in | ADP | _ | 22 turbans | case |
| 22 | turbans | turban | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 clad | obl |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 robes | cc |
| 24 | robes | robe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 turbans | conj |
| 25 | of | of | ADP | _ | 27 colours | case |
| 26 | various | various | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 colours | amod |
| 27 | colours | colour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 24 robes | nmod |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 fashion | punct |
| 29 | after | after | ADP | _ | 31 fashion | case |
| 30 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 31 fashion | det |
| 31 | fashion | fashion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 clad | obl |
| 32 | of | of | ADP | _ | 34 Arabs | case |
| 33 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 34 Arabs | det |
| 34 | Arabs | Arab | PROPN | Number=Plur | 31 fashion | nmod |
| 35 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 37 scimitars | punct |
| 36 | with | with | ADP | _ | 37 scimitars | case |
| 37 | scimitars | scimitar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 20 clad | obl |
| 38 | hanging | hang | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 37 scimitars | acl |
| 39 | from | from | ADP | _ | 41 necks | case |
| 40 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 41 necks | nmod:poss |
| 41 | necks | neck | NOUN | Number=Plur | 38 hanging | obl |
| 42 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 44 cross-bows | punct |
| 43 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 44 cross-bows | cc |
| 44 | cross-bows | cross-bow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 painted | obl |
| 45 | at | at | ADP | _ | 48 backs | case |
| 46 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 48 backs | nmod:poss |
| 47 | saddle | saddle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 48 backs | compound |
| 48 | backs | back | NOUN | Number=Plur | 44 cross-bows | nmod |
| 49 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 52 carried | punct |
| 50 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 52 carried | cc |
| 51 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 52 carried | nsubj |
| 52 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 painted | conj |
| 53 | banners | banner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 carried | obj |
| 54 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 55 pennons | cc |
| 55 | pennons | pennon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 53 banners | conj |
| 56 | with | with | ADP | _ | 58 devices | case |
| 57 | divers | diver | NOUN | Number=Plur | 58 devices | compound |
| 58 | devices | device | NOUN | Number=Plur | 52 carried | obl |
| 59 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 painted | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | unfold | gerund | coffer | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||||
| 2 | paint | past · passive | good | cross-bows at cross-bows's saddle backs obl | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | figure | present | coffer | of men; on horseback; fierce demeanour conj | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on horseback=Theme | ||||
| 4 | clad | participle | fierce demeanour not said here | turbans and robes of various colours | after the fashion of the Arabs | with scimitars | tree rules | ||
| 5 | hang | gerund | scimitars not said here | scimitars's necks | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | carry | past | backs = back | banners and pennons | with divers devices | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent banner=Theme |
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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