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title: It subsequently fell into the all-grasping power of Rome, remaining… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: It subsequently fell into the all-grasping power of Rome, remaining for some time a subjugated province; and when that gigantic empire crumbled into pieces, the Suevi, the Alani, and the Vandals, those barbarians of the north, overran and ravaged this devoted country, and portioned out the soil amon
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Ancient Inhabitants of Spain.—of the Misrule of Witiza the Wicked., sentence 3

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It subsequently fell into the all-grasping power of Rome, remaining for some time a subjugated province; and when that gigantic empire crumbled into pieces, the Suevi, the Alani, and the Vandals, those barbarians of the north, overran and ravaged this devoted country, and portioned out the soil among them.

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**Who acts:** country · **What happens:** fall, grasp, remain, subjugate, crumble, ravage · **To what, where:** grasping power, gigantic empire, pieces, devoted country, soil

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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 (country), 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:pg77685:2:3
# text = It subsequently fell into the all-grasping power of Rome, remaining for some time a subjugated province; and when that gigantic empire crumbled into pieces, the Suevi, the Alani, and the Vandals, those barbarians of the north, overran and ravaged this devoted country, and portioned out the soil among them.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	subsequently	subsequently	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	grasping	grasp	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	amod	_	_
9	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	remaining	remain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	16	det	_	_
16	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	subjugated	subjugate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	amod	_	_
19	province	province	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
22	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	26	advmod	_	_
23	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	25	det	_	_
24	gigantic	gigantic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	empire	empire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nsubj:pass	_	_
26	crumbled	crumble	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
27	into	into	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	pieces	piece	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	Suevi	Suevi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	Alani	Alani	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	Vandals	Vandal	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	26	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
40	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	41	det	_	_
41	barbarians	barbarian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	appos	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	north	north	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
46	overran	overran	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	conj	_	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
48	ravaged	ravage	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
49	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	51	det	_	_
50	devoted	devoted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
53	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	_
54	portioned	portion	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
55	out	out	ADP	RP	_	54	compound:prt	_	_
56	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	57	det	_	_
57	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obj	_	_
58	among	among	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
59	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	54	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | country |  |  |  |  | into the grasping power of Rome *result*; subsequently *property* | vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into power=Result |
| 2 | **grasp** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **remain** | gerund | country *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **subjugate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **crumble** | participle · passive |  | that gigantic empire |  |  |  | into pieces  the Suevi and the Alani *result*; the Vandals *conj* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Patient into piece=Result |
| 6 | **ravage** | past | country *not said here* | this devoted country |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Patient |
| 7 | **portion out** | participle | country *not said here* | the soil |  |  |  | among barbarians *= barbarian* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent soil=Theme |

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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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