Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VIII., sentence 68
Count Julian undertook to proceed to Africa, and seek the camp of Muza, to negotiate for his aid, while the bishop was to keep about the person of King Roderick, and lead him into the net prepared for him.
Who acts: you, Julian, bishop, net · What happens: count, undertake, proceed, seek, negotiate, be · To what, where: Africa, camp, bishop
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, bishop, net), 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 | Count | count | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Julian | Julian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 undertook | nsubj |
| 3 | undertook | undertake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Count | ccomp |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 proceed | mark |
| 5 | proceed | proceed | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 undertook | xcomp |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 Africa | case |
| 7 | Africa | Africa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 proceed | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 seek | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 seek | cc |
| 10 | seek | seek | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Count | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 camp | det |
| 12 | camp | camp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 seek | obj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 Muza | case |
| 14 | Muza | Muza | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 camp | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 negotiate | punct |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 negotiate | mark |
| 17 | negotiate | negotiate | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 10 seek | parataxis |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 aid | case |
| 19 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 aid | nmod:poss |
| 20 | aid | aid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 negotiate | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 27 keep | punct |
| 22 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 27 keep | mark |
| 23 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 bishop | det |
| 24 | bishop | bishop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 keep | nsubj |
| 25 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 27 keep | cop |
| 26 | to | to | PART | _ | 27 keep | mark |
| 27 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 negotiate | conj |
| 28 | about | about | ADP | _ | 30 person | case |
| 29 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 30 person | det |
| 30 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 27 keep | obl |
| 31 | of | of | ADP | _ | 32 King | case |
| 32 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 30 person | nmod |
| 33 | Roderick | Roderick | PROPN | Number=Sing | 32 King | flat |
| 34 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 36 lead | punct |
| 35 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 36 lead | cc |
| 36 | lead | lead | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Count | conj |
| 37 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 36 lead | obj |
| 38 | into | into | SCONJ | _ | 41 prepared | mark |
| 39 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 40 net | det |
| 40 | net | net | NOUN | Number=Sing | 41 prepared | nsubj |
| 41 | prepared | prepare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 36 lead | advcl |
| 42 | for | for | ADP | _ | 43 him | case |
| 43 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 41 prepared | obl |
| 44 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Count | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | imperative | you not said here | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | undertake | past | Julian | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | proceed | to-infinitive | Julian not said here | Africa | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | seek | infinitive | you not said here | the camp of Muza | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent camp=Theme | ||||
| 5 | negotiate | to-infinitive | for JULIAN's aid | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 6 | is | past | the bishop | about the person of King; keep property | tree rules | ||||
| 7 | lead | infinitive | you not said here | bishop | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 8 | prepare | past | the net | for JULIAN | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for he=Beneficiary |
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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