Legends of the conquest of Spain, Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower., sentence 68
Amidst the flying squadrons, King Roderick beheld a crowned warrior, whose back was turned towards him, but whose armour and device were his own, and who was mounted on a white steed that resembled his own war horse Orelia.
Who acts: Amidst, armour, white steed · What happens: fly, behold, crown, turn, be, mount · To what, where: crowned warrior, back, white steed, own war horse
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 (Amidst, armour, white steed), 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 | Amidst | Amidst | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 beheld | nsubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 squadrons | det |
| 3 | flying | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 squadrons | amod |
| 4 | squadrons | squadron | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Amidst | appos |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Amidst | punct |
| 6 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 beheld | nsubj |
| 7 | Roderick | Roderick | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 King | flat |
| 8 | beheld | behold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 warrior | det |
| 10 | crowned | crown | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 warrior | amod |
| 11 | warrior | warrior | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 beheld | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 turned | punct |
| 13 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 14 back | nmod:poss |
| 14 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 turned | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 turned | aux:pass |
| 16 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 warrior | acl:relcl |
| 17 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 18 him | case |
| 18 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 turned | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 own | punct |
| 20 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 27 own | cc |
| 21 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 22 armour | nmod:poss |
| 22 | armour | armour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 own | nsubj |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 device | cc |
| 24 | device | device | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 armour | conj |
| 25 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 own | cop |
| 26 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 27 own | nmod:poss |
| 27 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 beheld | obl |
| 28 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 32 mounted | punct |
| 29 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 32 mounted | cc |
| 30 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 32 mounted | nsubj |
| 31 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 32 mounted | aux:pass |
| 32 | mounted | mount | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 beheld | conj |
| 33 | on | on | ADP | _ | 36 steed | case |
| 34 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 36 steed | det |
| 35 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 steed | amod |
| 36 | steed | steed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 32 mounted | obl |
| 37 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 38 resembled | nsubj |
| 38 | resembled | resemble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 steed | acl:relcl |
| 39 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 42 horse | nmod:poss |
| 40 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 42 horse | amod |
| 41 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 42 horse | compound |
| 42 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 38 resembled | obj |
| 43 | Orelia | Orelia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 42 horse | appos |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 beheld | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly | gerund | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | behold | past | Amidst | a crowned warrior | King nsubj | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer warrior=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | crown | participle | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | turn | past · passive | back | towards King | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme towards he=Trajectory | ||||
| 5 | is | past | armour and device | King nmod:poss; own property | tree rules | ||||
| 6 | mount | past · passive | a white steed | who nsubj | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on steed=Destination | ||||
| 7 | resemble | past | a white steed | King's own war horse | 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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