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title: The Goths, at the time of their inroad, were stout adherents to the… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Ancient Inhabitants of Spain.—of the Misrule of Witiza the Wicked., sentence 17

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The Goths, at the time of their inroad, were stout adherents to the Arian doctrines; but after a time they embraced the Catholic faith, which was maintained by the native Spaniards free from many of the gross superstitions of the church at Rome; and this unity of faith contributed more than any thing else to blend and harmonise the two races into one.

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**Who acts:** Goths, unity · **What happens:** be, embrace, maintain, contribute, blend, harmonise · **To what, where:** stout adherents, Catholic faith, two races

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Of the Ancient Inhabitants of Spain.—of the Misrule of Witiza the Wicked.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Goths, unity), 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:pg77685:2:17
# text = The Goths, at the time of their inroad, were stout adherents to the Arian doctrines; but after a time they embraced the Catholic faith, which was maintained by the native Spaniards free from many of the gross superstitions of the church at Rome; and this unity of faith contributed more than any thing else to blend and harmonise the two races into one.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Goths	Goth	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	inroad	inroad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
11	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	stout	stout	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	adherents	adherent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	Arian	arian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	doctrines	doctrine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
19	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
20	after	after	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	_
23	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	_
24	embraced	embrace	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	parataxis	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	Catholic	catholic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	31	nsubj:pass	_	_
30	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	aux:pass	_	_
31	maintained	maintain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	27	acl:relcl	_	_
32	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	36	mark	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
34	native	native	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	Spaniards	Spaniard	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	36	nsubj	_	_
36	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	advcl	_	_
37	from	from	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
38	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
41	gross	gross	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	superstitions	superstition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obl	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	_
46	at	at	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
47	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	45	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	54	punct	_	_
49	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
50	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	51	det	_	_
51	unity	unity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	nsubj	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	51	nmod	_	_
54	contributed	contribute	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	conj	_	_
55	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	54	advmod	_	_
56	than	than	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	58	det	_	_
58	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	_
59	else	else	ADV	RB	_	58	advmod	_	_
60	to	to	PART	TO	_	61	mark	_	_
61	blend	blend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	54	advcl	_	_
62	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
63	harmonise	harmonise	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	61	conj	_	_
64	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	66	det	_	_
65	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	66	nummod	_	_
66	races	race	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	63	obj	_	_
67	into	into	ADP	IN	_	68	case	_	_
68	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	63	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
69	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the Goths | stout adherents |  |  |  | to the Arian doctrines | tree rules |
| 2 | **embrace** | past | Goths *= goth* | the Catholic faith |  |  | time |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent faith=Co-Agent |
| 3 | **maintain** | past · passive |  | the Catholic faith |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **contribute** | past | this unity of faith |  |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **blend** | to-infinitive | this unity of faith *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 6 | **harmonise** | infinitive | this unity of faith *not said here* | the two races |  |  |  | into one | tree rules |

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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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