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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VIII., sentence 11

Impatient of the tedious delays of a siege, he led his troops boldly against the rock-built towers of Ceuta, and attempted to take the place by storm.

Who acts: Impatient tedious delays · What happens: lead, build, attempt, take · To what, where: troops, built towers, place

This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter VIII.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Impatient tedious delays), 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

amodcasedetamodnsubjcasedetnmodpunctnsubjnmod:possobjadvmodcasedetcompoundpunctamodoblcasenmodpunctccconjmarkxcompdetobjcaseoblpunctrootImpatientADJofADPtheDETtediousADJdelaysNOUNofADPaDETsiegeNOUN,PUNCThePRONledVERBhisPRONtroopsNOUNboldlyADVagainstADPtheDETrockNOUN-PUNCTbuiltVERBtowersNOUNofADPCeutaPROPN,PUNCTandCCONJattemptedVERBtoPARTtakeVERBtheDETplaceNOUNbyADPstormNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ImpatientimpatientADJDegree=Pos5 delaysamod
2ofofADP_5 delayscase
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 delaysdet
4tedioustediousADJDegree=Pos5 delaysamod
5delaysdelayNOUNNumber=Plur11 lednsubj
6ofofADP_8 siegecase
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 siegedet
8siegesiegeNOUNNumber=Sing5 delaysnmod
9,,PUNCT_11 ledpunct
10hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 lednsubj
11ledleadVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
12hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs13 troopsnmod:poss
13troopstroopsNOUNNumber=Ptan11 ledobj
14boldlyboldlyADVDegree=Pos11 ledadvmod
15againstagainstADP_20 towerscase
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art20 towersdet
17rockrockNOUNNumber=Sing19 builtcompound
18--PUNCT_17 rockpunct
19builtbuildVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass20 towersamod
20towerstowerNOUNNumber=Plur11 ledobl
21ofofADP_22 Ceutacase
22CeutaCeutaPROPNNumber=Sing20 towersnmod
23,,PUNCT_25 attemptedpunct
24andandCCONJ_25 attemptedcc
25attemptedattemptVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 ledconj
26totoPART_27 takemark
27taketakeVERBVerbForm=Inf25 attemptedxcomp
28thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art29 placedet
29placeplaceNOUNNumber=Sing27 takeobj
30bybyADP_31 stormcase
31stormstormNOUNNumber=Sing27 takeobl
32..PUNCT_11 ledpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1leadpastthe Impatient tedious delays of a siegeAlmagreb's troopsthe built towers of CeutaAlmagreb nsubj; boldly propertyvn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent troops=Theme against tower=Destination
2buildparticiplerock compoundvn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3attemptpastthe Impatient tedious delays of a siege not said herevn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4take not said to happento-infinitivethe Impatient tedious delays of a siege not said herethe placeby stormvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=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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