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title: While these events were passing in Cordova, the one-eyed Arab genera… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: While these events were passing in Cordova, the one-eyed Arab general, Taric el Tuerto, having subdued the city and vega of Granada, and the Mountains of the Sun and Air, directed his march into the interior of the kingdom to attack the ancient city of Toledo, the capital of the Gothic kings. Who ac
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VI., sentence 2

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While these events were passing in Cordova, the one-eyed Arab general, Taric el Tuerto, having subdued the city and vega of Granada, and the Mountains of the Sun and Air, directed his march into the interior of the kingdom to attack the ancient city of Toledo, the capital of the Gothic kings.

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**Who acts:** events, Mountains · **What happens:** pass, subdue, direct, attack · **To what, where:** Cordova, city, march, interior, ancient city

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter VI.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (events, Mountains), 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:pg77685:27:2
# text = While these events were passing in Cordova, the one-eyed Arab general, Taric el Tuerto, having subdued the city and vega of Granada, and the Mountains of the Sun and Air, directed his march into the interior of the kingdom to attack the ancient city of Toledo, the capital of the Gothic kings.
1	While	while	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	passing	pass	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	21	advcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Cordova	Cordova	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	eyed	eyed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	Arab	Arab	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	general	general	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	Taric	Taric	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	el	El	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
18	Tuerto	Tuerto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
20	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	21	aux	_	_
21	subdued	subdue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	vega	vega	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	conj	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	Granada	Granada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	Mountains	Mountain	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	21	obj	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	Sun	Sun	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
36	Air	Air	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
38	directed	direct	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	acl:relcl	_	_
39	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	march	march	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	_
41	into	into	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	interior	interior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	nmod	_	_
47	to	to	PART	TO	_	48	mark	_	_
48	attack	attack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	38	advcl	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
50	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obj	_	_
52	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
53	Toledo	Toledo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	51	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	56	punct	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	capital	capital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	appos	_	_
57	of	of	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
59	Gothic	gothic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	60	amod	_	_
60	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	56	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | past · progressive | this events |  |  | Cordova and Taric el |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in cordova=Location |
| 2 | **subdue** | gerund · perfect |  | the city and vega of Granada |  |  |  | the Mountains of the Sun and Air *obj* | tree rules |
| 3 | **direct** | past | the Mountains of the Sun and Air *not said here* | EL's march |  | the interior of the kingdom |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent march=Eventuality |
| 4 | **attack** | to-infinitive | the Mountains of the Sun and Air *not said here* | the ancient city of Toledo |  |  |  |  | vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=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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