--- title: The river at this place ran broad and deep, and was encumbered with… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: The river at this place ran broad and deep, and was encumbered with the dead bodies of warriors and steeds; it has been supposed, therefore, that he perished in the stream; but his body was not found within its waters. Who acts: river, Orelia. 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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 (river, Orelia), 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:pg77685:19:23 # text = The river at this place ran broad and deep, and was encumbered with the dead bodies of warriors and steeds; it has been supposed, therefore, that he perished in the stream; but his body was not found within its waters. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 river river NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 broad broad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 encumbered encumber VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 bodies body NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 warriors warrior NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nmod _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 21 steeds steed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 22 ; ; PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 23 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 nsubj:pass _ _ 24 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 aux _ _ 25 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 26 aux:pass _ _ 26 supposed suppose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 26 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 that that SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 31 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 perished perish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 stream stream NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 42 punct _ _ 37 but but CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 body body NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux:pass _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 found find VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 43 within within ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 waters water NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past | the river at this place | | | | | broad *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **encumber** | past · passive | the river at this place *not said here* | | | | | with the dead bodies of warriors and steeds | vn equip-13.4.2-1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: with body=Theme | | 3 | **suppose** | present · perfect · passive | | river | | | | therefore *property* | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute | | 4 | **perish** | past | Orelia | | | the stream | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 5 | **not** **find** | past · passive | | Orelia's body | | | | within river's waters | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/19/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/19/24/) - ↑ back to [The Field of Battle After the Defeat.—the Fate of Roderick.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/19/)