--- title: Indulging his Arab inclinations, he made an inroad into the land, co… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Indulging his Arab inclinations, he made an inroad into the land, collected great spoil and many captives, and bore off his plunder in triumph to Muza, as a specimen of the riches to be gained by the conquest of the Christian land. Who acts: JULIAN, conquest. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (JULIAN, conquest), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg77685:10:36 # text = Indulging his Arab inclinations, he made an inroad into the land, collected great spoil and many captives, and bore off his plunder in triumph to Muza, as a specimen of the riches to be gained by the conquest of the Christian land. 1 Indulging indulge VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 Arab Arab ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 inclinations inclination NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 inroad inroad NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 into into ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 collected collect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ _ 15 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 amod _ _ 16 spoil spoil NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 captives captive NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 bore bear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 conj _ _ 23 off off ADP RP _ 22 compound:prt _ _ 24 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 plunder plunder NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ _ 26 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 triumph triumph NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Muza Muza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 as as ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 specimen specimen NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 parataxis _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 riches rich NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 39 mark _ _ 38 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 gained gain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 33 acl _ _ 40 by by ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 conquest conquest NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 45 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **indulge** | gerund | JULIAN *not said here* | JULIAN's Arab inclinations | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | past | JULIAN | a inroad | | the land | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent inroad=Material into land=Product | | 3 | **collect** | past | | great spoil and many captives | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spoil=Theme | | 4 | **bear off** | past | JULIAN *not said here* | JULIAN's plunder | | triumph to Muza | | a specimen of the riches *parataxis* | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plunder=Patient | | 5 | **gain** | to-infinitive · passive | the conquest of the Christian land | | | | | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 6 | **incline** | | JULIAN | | | | | | nom inclination «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent | | 7 | **plunder** | | JULIAN | | | | | | nom plunder «possession transitive»: poss=agent | 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. - ← previous: [sentence 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/10/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/10/37/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IX.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/10/)