Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VIII., sentence 56
By the advice of the bishop, Count Julian called a secret meeting of his relatives and adherents on a wild rocky mountain, not far from Consuegra, and which still bears the Moorish appellation of “La Sierra de Calderin,” or the mountain of treason.
Who acts: you, Julian · What happens: count, call · To what, where: secret meeting, wild rocky mountain · 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 (you, 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | ADP | _ | 3 advice | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 advice | det |
| 3 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 Count | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 bishop | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bishop | det |
| 6 | bishop | bishop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 advice | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Count | punct |
| 8 | Count | count | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | Julian | Julian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 called | nsubj |
| 10 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 Count | ccomp |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 meeting | det |
| 12 | secret | secret | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 meeting | amod |
| 13 | meeting | meeting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 called | obj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 relatives | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 relatives | nmod:poss |
| 16 | relatives | relative | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 meeting | nmod |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 adherents | cc |
| 18 | adherents | adherent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 relatives | conj |
| 19 | on | on | ADP | _ | 23 mountain | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 mountain | det |
| 21 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 mountain | amod |
| 22 | rocky | rocky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 mountain | amod |
| 23 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 called | obl |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 far | punct |
| 25 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 26 far | advmod |
| 26 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 Count | advmod |
| 27 | from | from | ADP | _ | 28 Consuegra | case |
| 28 | Consuegra | Consuegra | PROPN | Number=Sing | 26 far | obl |
| 29 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 33 bears | punct |
| 30 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 33 bears | cc |
| 31 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 33 bears | det |
| 32 | still | still | ADV | _ | 33 bears | advmod |
| 33 | bears | bear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 Count | parataxis |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 36 appellation | det |
| 35 | Moorish | moorish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 36 appellation | amod |
| 36 | appellation | appellation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 bears | appos |
| 37 | of | of | ADP | _ | 39 La | case |
| 38 | “ | " | PUNCT | _ | 39 La | punct |
| 39 | La | La | PROPN | Number=Sing | 36 appellation | nmod |
| 40 | Sierra | Sierra | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 La | flat |
| 41 | de | de | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 La | flat |
| 42 | Calderin | Calderin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 39 La | flat |
| 43 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 39 La | punct |
| 44 | ” | " | PUNCT | _ | 39 La | punct |
| 45 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 47 mountain | cc |
| 46 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 47 mountain | det |
| 47 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 36 appellation | conj |
| 48 | of | of | ADP | _ | 49 treason | case |
| 49 | treason | treason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 47 mountain | nmod |
| 50 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 Count | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | imperative | you not said here | by the advice of the bishop; which bears parataxis; far property | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | call | past | Julian | a secret meeting of JULIAN's relatives and adherents | a wild rocky mountain | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent meeting=Recipient |
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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