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title: The convent, which was lately their castle, was now made their priso… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: The convent, which was lately their castle, was now made their prison, and in after-times, in commemoration of this event, was consecrated by the name of St. George of the Captives. Who acts: convent, name. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Defence of the Convent
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Defence of the Convent of St. George By Pelistes., sentence 58

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The convent, which was lately their castle, was now made their prison, and in after-times, in commemoration of this event, was consecrated by the name of St. George of the Captives.

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**Who acts:** convent, name · **What happens:** be, make, consecrate, commemorate, name · **To what, where:** castle, convent, event, George

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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 (convent, name), 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:pg77685:25:58
# text = The convent, which was lately their castle, was now made their prison, and in after-times, in commemoration of this event, was consecrated by the name of St. George of the Captives.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	convent	convent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	lately	lately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	castle	castle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
11	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
12	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	after	after	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	commemoration	commemoration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	26	det	_	_
26	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
28	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	aux:pass	_	_
29	consecrated	consecrate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	conj	_	_
30	by	by	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
32	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	St.	St.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nmod:desc	_	_
35	George	George	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nmod	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	Captives	Captive	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the convent and cavaliers's castle | cavaliers's castle |  |  |  | cavaliers *= cavalier* *nmod:poss*; lately *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | past · passive |  | the convent and cavaliers's castle |  |  | now | cavaliers's prison *obj* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary prison=Product |
| 3 | **consecrate** | past · passive | the name of George  St. of the Captives |  |  |  | time |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **commemorate** |  |  | this event |  |  |  |  | nom commemoration «event transitive»: of=patient |
| 5 | **name** |  |  | George  St. of the Captives |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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