Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VIII., sentence 49
“Perdition light upon thy head,” said she, “if thou submit to this dishonour.
Who acts: Perdition light, light · What happens: say, submit · Speech: someone speaks here
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 (Perdition light, light), 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 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 light | punct |
| 2 | Perdition | perdition | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 light | compound |
| 3 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 said | nsubj |
| 4 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 6 head | case |
| 5 | thy | thy | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 6 head | nmod:poss |
| 6 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 light | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 light | punct |
| 8 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 light | punct |
| 9 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 submit | nsubj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 submit | punct |
| 12 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 submit | punct |
| 13 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 15 submit | mark |
| 14 | thou | thou | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch | 15 submit | nsubj |
| 15 | submit | submit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 said | ccomp |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 dishonour | case |
| 17 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 18 dishonour | det |
| 18 | dishonour | dishonour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 submit | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 said | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Perdition light upon thy head | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | submit a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | light | to this dishonour; thou nsubj | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to dishonour=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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