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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Skirmishing of the Armies.—pelistes and His Son.—pelistes and the Bishop., sentence 15

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The conflict that day was more general and bloody than the day preceding; the slaughter of the Christian warriors was immense, from their lack of defensive armour; and as nothing could prevent the flower of the Gothic chivalry from spurring to the combat, the field was strewed with the bodies of the youthful nobles.

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**Who acts:** conflict, slaughter, warriors · **What happens:** be, precede, prevent, spur, strew, slaughter · **To what, where:** lack, flower, field, Christian warriors, defensive armour

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Skirmishing of the Armies.—pelistes and His Son.—pelistes and the Bishop.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (conflict, slaughter, warriors), 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:pg77685:16:15
# text = The conflict that day was more general and bloody than the day preceding; the slaughter of the Christian warriors was immense, from their lack of defensive armour; and as nothing could prevent the flower of the Gothic chivalry from spurring to the combat, the field was strewed with the bodies of the youthful nobles.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	conflict	conflict	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
4	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod:unmarked	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	general	general	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
13	preceding	precede	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	22	punct	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	slaughter	slaughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	warriors	warrior	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	_
21	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
22	immense	immense	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
24	from	from	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	lack	lack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	defensive	defensive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	armour	armour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	35	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
32	as	as	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	35	obl	_	_
34	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	35	aux	_	_
35	prevent	prevent	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
40	Gothic	gothic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	chivalry	chivalry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	_
42	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	43	mark	_	_
43	spurring	spur	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	35	advcl	_	_
44	to	to	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	combat	combat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nsubj:pass	_	_
50	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	51	aux:pass	_	_
51	strewed	strew	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	35	conj	_	_
52	with	with	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	bodies	body	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	obl	_	_
55	of	of	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	_	_
57	youthful	youthful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	_
58	nobles	noble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	54	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the conflict  that day |  |  |  |  | general *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the conflict  that day *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **precede** | gerund | the conflict  that day *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | past | the slaughter of the Christian warriors |  |  | warriors's lack of defensive armour |  | immense *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **prevent** | could | the conflict  that day *not said here* | the flower of the Gothic chivalry |  |  |  | as nothing | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer flower=Theme |
| 6 | **spur** | gerund | the conflict  that day *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the combat | vn stimulate-59.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **strew** | past · passive |  | the field |  |  |  | with the bodies of the youthful nobles | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with body=Theme |
| 8 | **slaughter** |  |  | the Christian warriors |  |  |  |  | nom slaughter «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 9 | **lack** |  | warriors *= warrior* | defensive armour |  |  |  |  | nom lack «state transitive»: poss=agent 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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