--- title: The country, however, was forlorn and abandoned, or if perchance a h… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: The country, however, was forlorn and abandoned, or if perchance a human being was perceived, it was some Arab horseman, careering the plain of the Guadalquivir as fearlessly as if it were his native desert. Who acts: country, Arab horseman. 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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 (country, Arab horseman), 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:pg77685:25:4 # text = The country, however, was forlorn and abandoned, or if perchance a human being was perceived, it was some Arab horseman, careering the plain of the Guadalquivir as fearlessly as if it were his native desert. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 4 however however ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 forlorn forlorn ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 abandoned abandon VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 or or CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 if if SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 13 perchance perchance NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 15 human human ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 nsubj:pass _ _ 16 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 18 aux:pass _ _ 17 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 perceived perceive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 21 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 22 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 24 det _ _ 23 Arab Arab ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 horseman horseman NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 26 careering career VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 24 acl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 plain plain NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 Guadalquivir Guadalquivir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 40 cc _ _ 33 fearlessly fearlessly ADV RB Degree=Pos 32 fixed _ _ 34 as as ADP IN _ 32 fixed _ _ 35 if if SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 36 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj _ _ 37 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 cop _ _ 38 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 39 native native ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 desert desert NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the country | | | | | perchance *conj*; forlorn *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **abandon** | participle | the country *not said here* | | | | | | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **perceive** | gerund · passive | | human | | | | | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **is a** | past | | a Arab horseman | | | | country *nsubj* | tree rules | | 5 | **career** | gerund | a Arab horseman *not said here* | the plain of the Guadalquivir as watchman's native desert | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **is a** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | country | watchman's native desert | | | | watchman *nmod:poss* | tree rules | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/25/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/25/5/) - ↑ back to [Defence of the Convent of St. George By Pelistes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/25/)