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title: The Gothic noble lay confounded with his vassals; the peasant with t… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: The Gothic noble lay confounded with his vassals; the peasant with the prince; all ranks and dignities were mingled in one bloody massacre. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, The Field of Battle After the Defeat.—the Fate of Roderick., with its dependency tree and
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Field of Battle After the Defeat.—the Fate of Roderick., sentence 6

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The Gothic noble lay confounded with his vassals; the peasant with the prince; all ranks and dignities were mingled in one bloody massacre.

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**What happens:** confound, mingle · **To what, where:** Gothic noble, ranks, one bloody massacre

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, The Field of Battle After the Defeat.—the Fate of Roderick.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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:pg77685:19:6
# text = The Gothic noble lay confounded with his vassals; the peasant with the prince; all ranks and dignities were mingled in one bloody massacre.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Gothic	gothic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	noble	noble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	confounded	confound	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	vassals	vassal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	peasant	peasant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	prince	prince	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
16	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
17	ranks	rank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nsubj	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	dignities	dignity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	_
20	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux:pass	_	_
21	mingled	mingle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	25	nummod	_	_
24	bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	massacre	massacre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confound** | past · passive |  | the Gothic noble |  |  |  | with Christian's vassals; the peasant with the prince *obl* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
| 2 | **mingle** | past · passive |  | all ranks and dignities |  | one bloody massacre |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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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