Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VIII., sentence 38
The residue, at his suggestion, was stationed on the frontiers of Gallia; so that the kingdom was left almost wholly without defence against any sudden irruption from the south.
Who acts: treason · What happens: station, leave, suggest · To what, where: residue, frontiers, kingdom
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 (treason), 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 residue | det |
| 2 | residue | residue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 stationed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 suggestion | punct |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 suggestion | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 suggestion | nmod:poss |
| 6 | suggestion | suggestion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 residue | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 residue | punct |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 stationed | aux:pass |
| 9 | stationed | station | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 frontiers | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 frontiers | det |
| 12 | frontiers | frontier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 stationed | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 Gallia | case |
| 14 | Gallia | Gallia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 frontiers | nmod |
| 15 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 21 left | punct |
| 16 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 21 left | mark |
| 17 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 16 so | fixed |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 kingdom | det |
| 19 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 left | nsubj:pass |
| 20 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 left | aux:pass |
| 21 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 stationed | parataxis |
| 22 | almost | almost | ADV | _ | 23 wholly | advmod |
| 23 | wholly | wholly | ADV | _ | 21 left | advmod |
| 24 | without | without | ADP | _ | 25 defence | case |
| 25 | defence | defence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 left | obl |
| 26 | against | against | ADP | _ | 29 irruption | case |
| 27 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 29 irruption | det |
| 28 | sudden | sudden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 29 irruption | amod |
| 29 | irruption | irruption | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 defence | nmod |
| 30 | from | from | ADP | _ | 32 south | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 32 south | det |
| 32 | south | south | NOUN | Number=Sing | 29 irruption | nmod |
| 33 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 stationed | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | station | past · passive | the residue and treason's suggestion | the frontiers of Gallia | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme on frontier=Destination | ||||
| 2 | leave | past · passive | the kingdom | without defence against any sudden irruption from the south; wholly property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||
| 3 | suggest | treason | nom suggestion «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |
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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