--- title: Wherever he appeared the towns, for the most part, sent forth some o… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Wherever he appeared the towns, for the most part, sent forth some of their principal inhabitants to proffer a surrender; for they were destitute of fortifications, and their fighting men had perished in battle. Who acts: terror, most part, towns, fighting men. 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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 (terror, most part, towns, fighting men), 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:pg77685:23:2 # text = Wherever he appeared the towns, for the most part, sent forth some of their principal inhabitants to proffer a surrender; for they were destitute of fortifications, and their fighting men had perished in battle. 1 Wherever wherever ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 appeared appear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 towns town NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 10 amod _ _ 10 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 13 forth forth ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 12 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 17 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 19 to to PART TO _ 20 mark _ _ 20 proffer proffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 surrender surrender NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 24 for for SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 25 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 27 nsubj _ _ 26 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 cop _ _ 27 destitute destitute VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 fortifications fortification NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 32 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 34 nmod:poss _ _ 33 fighting fighting NOUN NN Number=Sing 34 compound _ _ 34 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 nsubj _ _ 35 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux _ _ 36 perished perish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 battle battle NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **appear** | past | terror | the towns | | | | the most part *conj*; wherever *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location town=Theme | | 2 | **send** | participle | the most part *not said here* | some of towns's principal inhabitants | | | | forth *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Theme | | 3 | **proffer** | to-infinitive | the most part *not said here* | a surrender | | | | | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent surrender=Theme | | 4 | **is** | past | towns *= town* | | | | | of fortifications; destitute *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **perish** | past · perfect | towns's fighting men | | | battle | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/23/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/23/3/) - ↑ back to [Capture of Granada.—subjugation of the Alpuxarra Mountains.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/23/)