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title: Guided by the count, the troops of Taric penetrated into various par… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: Guided by the count, the troops of Taric penetrated into various parts of the country, and laid waste the land; bringing back loads of spoil to their stronghold at the rock of Calpe. Who acts: troops. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter XI., with its depend
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XI., sentence 9

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Guided by the count, the troops of Taric penetrated into various parts of the country, and laid waste the land; bringing back loads of spoil to their stronghold at the rock of Calpe.

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**Who acts:** troops · **What happens:** guide, penetrate, lay, waste, bring back · **To what, where:** various parts, land, loads, stronghold

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter XI.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (troops), 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:pg77685:12:9
# text = Guided by the count, the troops of Taric penetrated into various parts of the country, and laid waste the land; bringing back loads of spoil to their stronghold at the rock of Calpe.
1	Guided	guide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	count	count	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	troops	troops	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	10	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Taric	Taric	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	penetrated	penetrate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
11	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	various	various	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	laid	lay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
20	waste	waste	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	ccomp	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	24	punct	_	_
24	bringing	bring	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
25	back	back	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
26	loads	load	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obj	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	spoil	spoil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	_
29	to	to	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	_
31	stronghold	stronghold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
32	at	at	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	Calpe	Calpe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guide** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by the count | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by count=Destination |
| 2 | **penetrate** | past | the troops of Taric |  |  | various parts of the country |  |  | vn poke-19 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **lay** | past | the troops of Taric *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **waste** | infinitive | the troops of Taric *not said here* | the land |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent land=Patient |
| 5 | **bring back** | gerund |  | loads of spoil |  | troops's stronghold at the rock of Calpe |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent load=Theme to stronghold=Destination |

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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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