--- title: The inhabitants were to retain their property, their laws, and their… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: The inhabitants were to retain their property, their laws, and their religion; their churches and priests were to be respected; and no other tribute was required of them than such as they had been accustomed to pay to their Gothic kings. Who acts: inhabitants. 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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 (inhabitants), 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:pg77685:23:13 # text = The inhabitants were to retain their property, their laws, and their religion; their churches and priests were to be respected; and no other tribute was required of them than such as they had been accustomed to pay to their Gothic kings. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 retain retain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 property property NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 laws law NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 religion religion NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 16 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 churches church NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 priests priest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 conj _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 respected respect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 26 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 28 det _ _ 27 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 tribute tribute NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nsubj:pass _ _ 29 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux:pass _ _ 30 required require VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 parataxis _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obl _ _ 33 than than ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 obl _ _ 35 as as SCONJ IN _ 39 mark _ _ 36 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 37 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux _ _ 38 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 accustomed accustom VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 advcl _ _ 40 to to PART TO _ 41 mark _ _ 41 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 39 xcomp _ _ 42 to to ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 43 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 44 Gothic gothic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 amod _ _ 45 kings king NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **retain** | past | the inhabitants | inhabitants's property and inhabitants's laws and inhabitants's religion | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **respect** | past · passive | | inhabitants's churches and priests | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 3 | **require** | past · passive | | no other tribute | | | | of inhabitants *= inhabitant*; than such | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition | | 4 | **accustom** | past · perfect · passive | | churches *= church* | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **pay** | to-infinitive | | | | | | to inhabitants's Gothic kings | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/23/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/23/14/) - ↑ back to [Capture of Granada.—subjugation of the Alpuxarra Mountains.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/23/)