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title: On taking possession of Granada, Taric garrisoned the towers and cas… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: On taking possession of Granada, Taric garrisoned the towers and castles, and left as alcayde, or governor, a chosen warrior named Betiz Aben Habuz, a native of Arabia Felix, who had distinguished himself by his valour and abilities. Who acts: Taric, native. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Capture of Granada.—subjugation of the Alpuxarra Mountains., sentence 14

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On taking possession of Granada, Taric garrisoned the towers and castles, and left as alcayde, or governor, a chosen warrior named Betiz Aben Habuz, a native of Arabia Felix, who had distinguished himself by his valour and abilities.

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**Who acts:** Taric, native · **What happens:** take, garrison, leave, choose, name, distinguish · **To what, where:** possession, towers, chosen warrior, Taric, Granada

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Capture of Granada.—subjugation of the Alpuxarra Mountains.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Taric, native), 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:pg77685:23:14
# text = On taking possession of Granada, Taric garrisoned the towers and castles, and left as alcayde, or governor, a chosen warrior named Betiz Aben Habuz, a native of Arabia Felix, who had distinguished himself by his valour and abilities.
1	On	on	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
3	possession	possession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Granada	Granada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	Taric	Taric	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	garrisoned	garrison	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	towers	tower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	castles	castle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	conj	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	alcayde	alcayde	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	governor	governor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	chosen	choose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	amod	_	_
24	warrior	warrior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	appos	_	_
25	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	24	acl	_	_
26	Betiz	Betiz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	xcomp	_	_
27	Aben	Aben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	flat	_	_
28	Habuz	Habuz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
30	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	native	native	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	Arabia	Arabia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	_
34	Felix	Felix	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
36	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	38	nsubj	_	_
37	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	aux	_	_
38	distinguished	distinguish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	31	acl	_	_
39	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	38	obj	_	_
40	by	by	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	42	nmod:poss	_	_
42	valour	valour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	abilities	ability	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | gerund | Taric *not said here* | possession of Granada |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent possession=Theme |
| 2 | **garrison** | past | Taric | the towers and castles |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **leave** | participle | Taric *not said here* |  |  |  |  | as alcayde or governor and a native of Arabia | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **choose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **name** | participle |  | a chosen warrior *not said here* |  |  |  | Betiz *xcomp* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **distinguish** | past · perfect | a native of Arabia | Taric |  |  |  | by Taric's valour and abilities | vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.attribute»: agent=Agent himself=Theme by valour=Attribute |
| 7 | **possess** |  |  | Granada |  |  |  |  | nom possession «act transitive»: of=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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