--- title: To commemorate his first victory, he changed the name of the promont… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: To commemorate his first victory, he changed the name of the promontory, and called it Gibel Taric, or the mountain of Taric; but, in process of time, the name has gradually been altered to Gibraltar. Who acts: Theodomir. 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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 (Theodomir), 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:pg77685:11:46 # text = To commemorate his first victory, he changed the name of the promontory, and called it Gibel Taric, or the mountain of Taric; but, in process of time, the name has gradually been altered to Gibraltar. 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 commemorate commemorate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 advcl _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 4 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 5 amod _ _ 5 victory victory NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 7 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 changed change VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 promontory promontory NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 and and CCONJ CC _ 16 cc _ _ 16 called call VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 Gibel Gibel PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 Taric Taric PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 or or CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 mountain mountain NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 25 Taric Taric PROPN NNP Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ; ; PUNCT : _ 39 punct _ _ 27 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 28 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 29 in in ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 30 process process NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 36 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 37 gradually gradually ADV RB _ 39 advmod _ _ 38 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 altered alter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 parataxis _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Gibraltar Gibraltar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **commemorate** | to-infinitive | Theodomir *not said here* | Theodomir's first victory | | | | | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent victory=Theme | | 2 | **change** | past | Theodomir | the name of the promontory | | | | the mountain of Taric *obl* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient | | 3 | **call** | past | Theodomir *not said here* | name | | | | Gibel Taric *xcomp* | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient | | 4 | **alter** | present · perfect · passive | | the name | Gibraltar | process of time | | gradually *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient | | 5 | **name** | | | the promontory | | | | | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 6 | **process** | | | time | | | | | nom process «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 45](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/11/45/) - next →: [sentence 47](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/11/47/) - ↑ back to [Letter of Muza to the Caliph.—second Expedition of Taric El Tuerto.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/11/)