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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VIII., sentence 20

In the midst of his exultation, and while the rejoicings of the people were yet sounding in his ears, the page arrived who bore the letter from his unfortunate daughter.

Who acts: rejoicings, page, JULIAN · What happens: sound, arrive, bear, exult, rejoice · To what, where: ears, midst, letter, people

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 (rejoicings, page, JULIAN), 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

casedetoblcasenmod:possnmodpunctccmarkdetnsubjcasedetnmodauxadvmodadvclcasenmod:possoblpunctdetnsubjnsubjconjdetobjcasenmod:possamodnmodpunctrootInADPtheDETmidstNOUNofADPhisPRONexultationNOUN,PUNCTandCCONJwhileSCONJtheDETrejoicingsNOUNofADPtheDETpeopleNOUNwereAUXyetADVsoundingVERBinADPhisPRONearsNOUN,PUNCTtheDETpageNOUNarrivedVERBwhoPRONboreVERBtheDETletterNOUNfromADPhisPRONunfortunateADJdaughterNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_3 midstcase
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 midstdet
3midstmidstNOUNNumber=Sing24 arrivedobl
4ofofADP_6 exultationcase
5hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 exultationnmod:poss
6exultationexultationNOUNNumber=Sing3 midstnmod
7,,PUNCT_24 arrivedpunct
8andandCCONJ_24 arrivedcc
9whilewhileSCONJ_17 soundingmark
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 rejoicingsdet
11rejoicingsrejoicingNOUNNumber=Plur17 soundingnsubj
12ofofADP_14 peoplecase
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 peopledet
14peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur11 rejoicingsnmod
15werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin17 soundingaux
16yetyetADV_17 soundingadvmod
17soundingsoundVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part24 arrivedadvcl
18ininADP_20 earscase
19hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs20 earsnmod:poss
20earsearNOUNNumber=Plur17 soundingobl
21,,PUNCT_17 soundingpunct
22thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art23 pagedet
23pagepageNOUNNumber=Sing24 arrivednsubj
24arrivedarriveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
25whowhoPRONPronType=Rel26 borensubj
26borebearVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin24 arrivedconj
27thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art28 letterdet
28letterletterNOUNNumber=Sing26 boreobj
29fromfromADP_32 daughtercase
30hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs32 daughternmod:poss
31unfortunateunfortunateADJDegree=Pos32 daughteramod
32daughterdaughterNOUNNumber=Sing28 letternmod
33..PUNCT_24 arrivedpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1soundpast · progressivethe rejoicings of the peopleJULIAN's earsyetvn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in ear=Location
2arrivepastthe pagethe midst of JULIAN's exultationvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3bearpastthe letterfrom JULIAN's unfortunate daughter; who nsubjvn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Patient
4exultJULIANnom exultation «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent
5rejoicethe peoplenom rejoicing «feeling transitive»: of=patient

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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