--- title: When the Arab conquerors beheld this delicious vega, they were lost… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: When the Arab conquerors beheld this delicious vega, they were lost in admiration; for it seemed as if the prophet had given them a paradise on earth, as a reward for their services in his cause. Who acts: Arab conquerors, it, conquerors, Granada. 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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 (Arab conquerors, it, conquerors, Granada), 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:pg77685:23:6 # text = When the Arab conquerors beheld this delicious vega, they were lost in admiration; for it seemed as if the prophet had given them a paradise on earth, as a reward for their services in his cause. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 Arab Arab ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 conquerors conqueror NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 beheld behold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 6 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 8 det _ _ 7 delicious delicious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 vega vega NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 admiration admiration NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 16 for for ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ _ 18 seemed seem VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 19 as as SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 20 if if SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 prophet prophet NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj:pass _ _ 23 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 aux _ _ 24 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 advcl _ _ 25 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 obj _ _ 26 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 paradise paradise NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 28 on on ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 earth earth NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 as as ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 reward reward NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 36 services service NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 nmod _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 cause cause NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **behold** | past | the Arab conquerors | this delicious vega | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vega=Stimulus | | 2 | **lose** | past · passive | | conquerors *= conqueror* | | admiration | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | | 3 | **seem** | past | it | | | | | as a reward for conquerors's services in Granada's cause | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **give** | past · perfect · passive | | the prophet | | | | conquerors *= conqueror* *obj*; a paradise *obj* | tree rules | | 5 | **service** | | conquerors *= conqueror* | | | Granada's cause | | | nom service «act transitive»: poss=agent in=place | | 6 | **cause** | | Granada | | | | | | nom cause «event transitive»: poss=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 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/23/5/) - next →: [sentence 7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/23/7/) - ↑ back to [Capture of Granada.—subjugation of the Alpuxarra Mountains.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/23/)