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title: The instant, however, that they heard of the approach of the Moslem… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: The instant, however, that they heard of the approach of the Moslem troops, the wealthier citizens packed up their effects and fled to the mountains, or to the distant city of Toledo. Who acts: inhabitants, wealthier citizens, Moslem troops. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washin
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Expedition of Magued Against Cordova.—defence of the Patriot Pelistes., sentence 11

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The instant, however, that they heard of the approach of the Moslem troops, the wealthier citizens packed up their effects and fled to the mountains, or to the distant city of Toledo.

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**Who acts:** inhabitants, wealthier citizens, Moslem troops · **What happens:** hear, pack up, flee, approach, effect · **To what, where:** wealthier citizens, effects, mountains

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Expedition of Magued Against Cordova.—defence of the Patriot Pelistes.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (inhabitants, wealthier citizens, Moslem troops), 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:pg77685:24:11
# text = The instant, however, that they heard of the approach of the Moslem troops, the wealthier citizens packed up their effects and fled to the mountains, or to the distant city of Toledo.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	instant	instant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	however	however	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	approach	approach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	Moslem	Moslem	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	troops	troops	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	wealthier	wealthy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	19	amod	_	_
19	citizens	citizen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
20	packed	pack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	acl	_	_
21	up	up	ADP	RP	_	20	compound:prt	_	_
22	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	effects	effect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	fled	flee	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	conj	_	_
26	to	to	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
30	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	34	cc	_	_
31	to	to	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	distant	distant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	conj	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	Toledo	Toledo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past | inhabitants *= inhabitant* | the wealthier citizens |  |  |  | of the approach of the Moslem troops | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer citizen=Stimulus |
| 2 | **pack up** | participle | the wealthier citizens *not said here* | inhabitants's effects |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **flee** | past | the wealthier citizens *not said here* |  |  | the mountains |  | the distant city of Toledo *conj* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to mountain=Initial\_Location |
| 5 | **approach** |  | the Moslem troops |  |  |  |  |  | nom approach «act intransitive»: of=agent |
| 6 | **effect** |  | inhabitants *= inhabitant* |  |  |  |  |  | nom effect «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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