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title: They were led on by Theodomir, the same Gothic noble who had signali… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: They were led on by Theodomir, the same Gothic noble who had signalised himself by first opposing the invasion of the Moslems. Who acts: Theodomir, same Gothic noble. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Skirmishing of the Armies.—pelistes and His Son.—pelistes and 
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Skirmishing of the Armies.—pelistes and His Son.—pelistes and the Bishop., sentence 3

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They were led on by Theodomir, the same Gothic noble who had signalised himself by first opposing the invasion of the Moslems.

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**Who acts:** Theodomir, same Gothic noble · **What happens:** lead on, signalis, oppose, invade · **To what, where:** armies, Theodomir, invasion, Moslems

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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 (Theodomir, same Gothic noble), 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:pg77685:16:3
# text = They were led on by Theodomir, the same Gothic noble who had signalised himself by first opposing the invasion of the Moslems.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	led	lead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Theodomir	Theodomir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	Gothic	gothic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	noble	noble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	appos	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
13	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	signalised	signalis	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	acl:relcl	_	_
15	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	14	obj	_	_
16	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
17	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	18	advmod	_	_
18	opposing	oppose	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	advcl	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	invasion	invasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	Moslems	Moslem	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead on** | past · passive | Theodomir | armies *= army* |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **signalis** | past · perfect | the same Gothic noble | Theodomir |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **oppose** | gerund | the same Gothic noble *not said here* | the invasion of the Moslems |  |  |  | first *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent invasion=Patient |
| 4 | **invade** |  |  | the Moslems |  |  |  |  | nom invasion «act 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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