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title: Drawing their scimitars, they now hastened to the gate which opened… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: Drawing their scimitars, they now hastened to the gate which opened towards the bridge; the guards, suspecting no assault from within, were taken by surprise, and easily overpowered; the gate was thrown open, and the army that had remained in ambush rushed over the bridge, and entered without opposi
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Expedition of Magued Against Cordova.—defence of the Patriot Pelistes., sentence 29

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Drawing their scimitars, they now hastened to the gate which opened towards the bridge; the guards, suspecting no assault from within, were taken by surprise, and easily overpowered; the gate was thrown open, and the army that had remained in ambush rushed over the bridge, and entered without opposition.

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**Who acts:** cords, gate, surprise · **What happens:** draw, hasten, open, suspect, take, overpower · **To what, where:** scimitars, guards, gate, assault, army, ambush

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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 (cords, gate, surprise), 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:pg77685:24:29
# text = Drawing their scimitars, they now hastened to the gate which opened towards the bridge; the guards, suspecting no assault from within, were taken by surprise, and easily overpowered; the gate was thrown open, and the army that had remained in ambush rushed over the bridge, and entered without opposition.
1	Drawing	draw	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
2	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	scimitars	scimitar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
7	hastened	hasten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	opened	open	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	guards	guard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	suspecting	suspect	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
21	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	22	det	_	_
22	assault	assault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
23	from	from	ADP	IN	_	20	obl	_	_
24	within	within	ADP	IN	_	23	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux:pass	_	_
27	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
28	by	by	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	surprise	surprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
32	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
33	overpowered	overpower	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	38	punct	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nsubj:pass	_	_
37	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	aux:pass	_	_
38	thrown	throw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	parataxis	_	_
39	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nsubj:pass	_	_
44	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	46	nsubj:pass	_	_
45	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	46	aux	_	_
46	remained	remain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	38	conj	_	_
47	in	in	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	ambush	ambush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	_
49	rushed	rush	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	48	acl	_	_
50	over	over	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
55	entered	enter	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	38	conj	_	_
56	without	without	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
57	opposition	opposition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **draw** | gerund | cords *= cord* *not said here* | cords's scimitars |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scimitar=Theme |
| 2 | **hasten** | participle | cords *= cord* | the guards |  | the gate | now |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to gate=Destination |
| 3 | **open** | past | the gate |  |  |  |  | towards the bridge | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent towards bridge=Recipient |
| 4 | **suspect** | gerund | cords *= cord* *not said here* | no assault |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent assault=Attribute |
| 5 | **take** | past · passive | surprise |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **overpower** | participle | cords *= cord* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | easily *property* | tree rules |
| 7 | **throw** | past · passive |  | the gate |  |  |  | open *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 8 | **remain** | past · perfect · passive |  | the army |  | ambush |  | that *nsubj:pass* | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute |
| 9 | **rush** | participle |  | ambush *not said here* |  | the bridge |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over bridge=Trajectory |
| 10 | **enter** | past |  |  |  |  |  | without opposition | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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