--- title: The gates were massive, and secured with bolts and bars; the walls w… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: The gates were massive, and secured with bolts and bars; the walls were of great thickness; the windows high and grated; there was a great tank or cistern of water, and the friars, who had fled from the city, had left behind a good supply of provisions. Who acts: gates, walls, windows, great tank. 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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 (gates, walls, windows, great tank), 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:pg77685:24:36 # text = The gates were massive, and secured with bolts and bars; the walls were of great thickness; the windows high and grated; there was a great tank or cistern of water, and the friars, who had fled from the city, had left behind a good supply of provisions. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 massive massive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 secured secure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 bolts bolt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 bars bar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 18 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 nsubj _ _ 15 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 cop _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 thickness thickness NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 windows window NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj _ _ 22 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 24 grated grate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 27 punct _ _ 26 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 27 expl _ _ 27 was be VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 tank tank NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj _ _ 31 or or CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 32 cistern cistern NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 conj _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 48 cc _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 friars friar NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 40 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 42 nsubj _ _ 41 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 42 fled flee VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 38 acl:relcl _ _ 43 from from ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 47 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 48 aux _ _ 48 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 49 behind behind ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 51 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 52 amod _ _ 52 supply supply NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 obl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 provisions provision NOUN NNS Number=Plur 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the gates | | | | | massive *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **secure** | participle | the gates *not said here* | | | | | with bolts and bars | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent with bolt=Co-Patient | | 3 | **is** | past | the walls | | | | | of great thickness | tree rules | | 4 | **be** | | the windows | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **grate** | participle | the windows *not said here* | | | | | | vn appeal-31.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 6 | **be** | past | a great tank or cistern of water | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 7 | **flee** | past · perfect | the friars | | | the city | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from city=Initial\_Location | | 8 | **leave** | past · perfect | the friars | | | a good supply of provisions | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent behind supply=Location | 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 35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/24/35/) - next →: [sentence 37](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/24/37/) - ↑ back to [Expedition of Magued Against Cordova.—defence of the Patriot Pelistes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/24/)