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title: As soon as he was out of sight of the soldiers who guarded the gate,… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: As soon as he was out of sight of the soldiers who guarded the gate, he quickened his pace, and at length, galloping at full speed, succeeded in gaining the mountains. Who acts: Pelistes, soldiers. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Defence of the Convent of St. G
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Defence of the Convent of St. George By Pelistes., sentence 31

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As soon as he was out of sight of the soldiers who guarded the gate, he quickened his pace, and at length, galloping at full speed, succeeded in gaining the mountains.

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**Who acts:** Pelistes, soldiers · **What happens:** be, guard, quicken, gallop, succeed, gain · **To what, where:** sight, gate, pace, length, full speed, mountains

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Defence of the Convent of St. George By Pelistes.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Pelistes, soldiers), 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:pg77685:25:31
# text = As soon as he was out of sight of the soldiers who guarded the gate, he quickened his pace, and at length, galloping at full speed, succeeded in gaining the mountains.
1	As	as	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	18	advmod	_	_
3	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	out	out	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	advcl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	guarded	guard	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	quickened	quicken	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
19	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	pace	pace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
23	at	at	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	galloping	gallop	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	18	advcl	_	_
27	at	at	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
31	succeeded	succeed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
32	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	33	mark	_	_
33	gaining	gain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	31	advcl	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	mountains	mountain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Pelistes |  |  | sight |  | of the soldiers | tree rules |
| 2 | **guard** | past | the soldiers | the gate |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **quicken** | past | Pelistes | Pelistes's pace |  | length |  | soon *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pace=Patient |
| 4 | **gallop** | gerund | Pelistes *not said here* |  |  | full speed |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at speed=Trajectory |
| 5 | **succeed** | past | Pelistes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **gain** | gerund | Pelistes *not said here* | the mountains |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mountain=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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