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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 (soldiers, one), 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:pg77685:19:35 # text = As his soldiers were ranging about the city and its environs, one of them discovered in a field, outside of the walls, a small chapel or hermitage, with a sepulchre in front, on which was inscribed this epitaph in Gothic characters:— 1 As as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 ranging range VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 advcl _ _ 6 about about ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 10 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 environs environ NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 13 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nsubj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 13 nmod _ _ 16 discovered discover VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 field field NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 outside outside ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 22 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 chapel chapel NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 conj _ _ 29 or or CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 30 hermitage hermitage NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 32 with with ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 sepulchre sepulchre NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 parataxis _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 41 obl _ _ 40 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux:pass _ _ 41 inscribed inscribe VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 conj _ _ 42 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 43 det _ _ 43 epitaph epitaph NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obj _ _ 44 in in ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 Gothic gothic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 characters character NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 : : PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 48 — - PUNCT : _ 16 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **range** | past · progressive | Lusitania's soldiers | | | | | about the city and city's environs | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **discover** | past | one of environs | | | a field and the walls and a small chapel or hermitage | | a sepulchre in front *parataxis* | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **inscribe** | past · passive | one of environs *not said here* | this epitaph | | a sepulchre in front | | in Gothic characters | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: epitaph=Theme on which=Destination | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/19/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/19/36/) - ↑ back to [The Field of Battle After the Defeat.—the Fate of Roderick.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/19/)