Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VIII., sentence 64
By this means they would visit the sins of the tyrant upon his head, and, at the same time, restore the regal honours to their line.
Who acts: this, sons, you · What happens: mean, visit, restore · To what, where: sins, regal honours, line · 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 (this, sons, you), 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 | SCONJ | _ | 3 means | mark |
| 2 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 means | nsubj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 restore | advcl |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 visit | nsubj |
| 5 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 visit | aux |
| 6 | visit | visit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 means | ccomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sins | det |
| 8 | sins | sin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 visit | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 tyrant | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 tyrant | det |
| 11 | tyrant | tyrant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sins | nmod |
| 12 | upon | upon | ADP | _ | 14 head | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 head | nmod:poss |
| 14 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 visit | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 restore | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 restore | cc |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 and | punct |
| 18 | at | at | ADP | _ | 21 time | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 time | det |
| 20 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 time | amod |
| 21 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 restore | obl |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 time | punct |
| 23 | restore | restore | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 honours | det |
| 25 | regal | regal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 honours | amod |
| 26 | honours | honour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 23 restore | obj |
| 27 | to | to | ADP | _ | 29 line | case |
| 28 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 29 line | nmod:poss |
| 29 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 restore | obl |
| 30 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 23 restore | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | this | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | visit | would | sons = son | the sins of the tyrant | upon Witiza's head | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sin=Co-Agent | |||
| 3 | restore | imperative | you not said here | the regal honours | sons's line | time | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent honour=Theme to line=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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