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title: The Christians pitched their tents about the hour of vespers, at a s… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIV., sentence 9

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The Christians pitched their tents about the hour of vespers, at a short league distant from the enemy, and remained gazing with anxiety and awe upon this barbaric host that had caused such terror and desolation in the land: for the first sight of a hostile encampment in a country disused to war, is terrible to the newly enlisted soldier.

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**Who acts:** Christians, barbaric host · **What happens:** pitch, remain, gaze, cause, disuse, be · **To what, where:** tents, such terror, land, country, hostile encampment

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter XIV.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Christians, barbaric host), 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:pg77685:15:9
# text = The Christians pitched their tents about the hour of vespers, at a short league distant from the enemy, and remained gazing with anxiety and awe upon this barbaric host that had caused such terror and desolation in the land: for the first sight of a hostile encampment in a country disused to war, is terrible to the newly enlisted soldier.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Christians	Christian	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pitched	pitch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	tents	tent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	vespers	vesper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	league	league	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
16	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
17	from	from	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	enemy	enemy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
22	remained	remain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
23	gazing	gaze	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	22	xcomp	_	_
24	with	with	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	anxiety	anxiety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	awe	awe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	_
28	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
29	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	31	det	_	_
30	barbaric	barbaric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
32	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	34	nsubj	_	_
33	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
34	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	31	acl:relcl	_	_
35	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	terror	terror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obj	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
38	desolation	desolation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	conj	_	_
39	in	in	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	46	punct	_	_
43	for	for	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
45	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	46	amod	_	_
46	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
47	of	of	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
48	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
49	hostile	hostile	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
50	encampment	encampment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nmod	_	_
51	in	in	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nmod	_	_
54	disused	disuse	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	53	acl	_	_
55	to	to	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
56	war	war	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
58	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	59	cop	_	_
59	terrible	terrible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	conj	_	_
60	to	to	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
61	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
62	newly	newly	ADV	RB	_	63	advmod	_	_
63	enlisted	enlist	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	64	amod	_	_
64	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pitch** | past | the Christians | Christians's tents |  |  | hour | at a short league | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent tent=Theme at league=Destination |
| 2 | **remain** | past | the Christians *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the first sight of a hostile encampment in a country | tree rules |
| 3 | **gaze** | gerund | the Christians *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with anxiety and awe; upon this barbaric host | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent upon host=Theme |
| 4 | **cause** | past · perfect | this barbaric host | such terror and desolation |  | the land |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition terror=Patient |
| 5 | **disuse** | participle |  | a country *not said here* |  |  |  | to war | tree rules |
| 6 | **is** | present | the Christians *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the enlisted soldier; terrible *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **enlist** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | newly *property* | vn volunteer-95.4-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
| 8 | **sight** |  |  | a hostile encampment in a country |  |  |  |  | nom sight «cognition 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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