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title: Since the time, too, of the conquest and occupation of their country… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: Since the time, too, of the conquest and occupation of their country by the Arabs, a strong infusion of oriental magnificence has entered into the national character, and rendered the Spaniard distinct from every other nation of Europe. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington 
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Opening, sentence 20

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Since the time, too, of the conquest and occupation of their country by the Arabs, a strong infusion of oriental magnificence has entered into the national character, and rendered the Spaniard distinct from every other nation of Europe.

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**What happens:** enter, render, occupy · **To what, where:** strong infusion, national character, Spaniard distinct, other nation, country

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Opening. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg77685:1:20
# text = Since the time, too, of the conquest and occupation of their country by the Arabs, a strong infusion of oriental magnificence has entered into the national character, and rendered the Spaniard distinct from every other nation of Europe.
1	Since	since	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	conquest	conquest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	occupation	occupation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	Arabs	Arab	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	infusion	infusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nsubj:pass	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	oriental	oriental	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	magnificence	magnificence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
25	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
26	entered	enter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
27	into	into	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	national	national	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
33	rendered	render	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	26	conj	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
35	Spaniard	Spaniard	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	compound	_	_
36	distinct	distinct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obj	_	_
37	from	from	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
38	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	40	det	_	_
39	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	nation	nation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	Europe	Europe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	26	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enter** | present · perfect · passive |  | a strong infusion of oriental magnificence |  | the national character | time |  | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination |
| 2 | **render** | past |  | the Spaniard distinct |  | every other nation of Europe |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent distinct=Theme from nation=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **occupy** |  |  | Spaniards's country |  |  |  |  | nom occupation «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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.

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**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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