--- title: When several years had passed away, and men’s minds, being restored… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: When several years had passed away, and men’s minds, being restored to some degree of tranquillity, began to occupy themselves about the events of this dismal day, a rumour arose that Roderick had escaped from the carnage on the banks of the Guadalete, and was still alive. 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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 (rumour, Roderick, men), 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:pg77685:19:24 # text = When several years had passed away, and men’s minds, being restored to some degree of tranquillity, began to occupy themselves about the events of this dismal day, a rumour arose that Roderick had escaped from the carnage on the banks of the Guadalete, and was still alive. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ’s 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 minds mind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 restored restore VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 15 to to ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 17 det _ _ 17 degree degree NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 tranquillity tranquillity NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 began begin VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 22 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 23 occupy occupy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 21 xcomp _ _ 24 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 23 obj _ _ 25 about about ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 events event NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 31 det _ _ 30 dismal dismal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 rumour rumour NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj _ _ 35 arose arise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 31 acl:relcl _ _ 36 that that SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 37 Roderick Roderick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 39 escaped escape VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 35 ccomp _ _ 40 from from ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 carnage carnage NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 on on ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 banks bank NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 nmod _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 Guadalete Guadalete PROPN NNP Number=Sing 45 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 49 , , PUNCT , _ 53 punct _ _ 50 and and CCONJ CC _ 53 cc _ _ 51 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 53 cop _ _ 52 still still ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 alive alive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 54 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pass away** | past · perfect · passive | | several years | | | | men's minds *obl*; away *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **restore** | gerund · passive | | men's minds *not said here* | some degree of tranquillity | | | | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: to degree=Recipient | | 3 | **begin** | past | | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 4 | **occupy** | to-infinitive | | minds *= mind* | | | | about the events of this dismal day | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus themselves=Experiencer | | 5 | **arise** | past | a rumour | this dismal day *not said here* | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **escape** | past · perfect | Roderick | | | the carnage on the banks of the Guadalete | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from carnage=Initial\_Location | | 7 | **is** | past | | | | | still | alive *property* | tree rules | | 8 | **mind** | | men | | | | | | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | 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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/19/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/19/25/) - ↑ back to [The Field of Battle After the Defeat.—the Fate of Roderick.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/19/)