--- title: Taric approached the city of Granada, which had a formidable aspect,… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Taric approached the city of Granada, which had a formidable aspect, seated on lofty hills and fortified with Gothic walls and towers, and with the red castle or citadel, built in times of old by the Phœnicians or the Romans. Who acts: Taric, city. 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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 (Taric, city), 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:pg77685:23:7 # text = Taric approached the city of Granada, which had a formidable aspect, seated on lofty hills and fortified with Gothic walls and towers, and with the red castle or citadel, built in times of old by the Phœnicians or the Romans. 1 Taric Taric PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 approached approach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 Granada Granada PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 9 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 formidable formidable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 aspect aspect NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 lofty lofty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 hills hill NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 19 fortified fortify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 conj _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 Gothic gothic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 amod _ _ 22 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 towers tower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 30 cc _ _ 27 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 31 or or CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 citadel citadel NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 34 punct _ _ 34 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl _ _ 35 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 38 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 39 by by ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 Phœnicians Phœnician PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 36 nmod _ _ 42 or or CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 Romans Roman PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 41 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **approach** | past | Taric | the city of Granada | | | | with the red castle or citadel | vn confront-98 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent city=Theme with castle=Instrument | | 2 | **have** | past | the city of Granada | a formidable aspect | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aspect=Patient | | 3 | **seat** | participle | | a formidable aspect *not said here* | | lofty hills | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location | | 4 | **fortify** | participle | | | | | | with Gothic walls and towers | vn equip-13.4.2-1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent with wall=Theme | | 5 | **build** | participle | | the red castle or citadel *not said here* | | | time | | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/23/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/23/8/) - ↑ back to [Capture of Granada.—subjugation of the Alpuxarra Mountains.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/23/)