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title: A subsequent expedition was led by Taric against Guadalaxara, which… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: A subsequent expedition was led by Taric against Guadalaxara, which surrendered without resistance: he moreover captured the city of Medina Celi, where he found an inestimable table which had formed a part of the spoil taken at Rome by Alaric, at the time that the sacred city was conquered by the Go
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VI., sentence 41

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A subsequent expedition was led by Taric against Guadalaxara, which surrendered without resistance: he moreover captured the city of Medina Celi, where he found an inestimable table which had formed a part of the spoil taken at Rome by Alaric, at the time that the sacred city was conquered by the Goths.

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**Who acts:** Guadalaxara, Taric, Goths · **What happens:** lead, surrender, capture, find, form, take · **To what, where:** subsequent expedition, city, inestimable table, spoil, Rome, sacred 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 (Guadalaxara, Taric, Goths), 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:pg77685:27:41
# text = A subsequent expedition was led by Taric against Guadalaxara, which surrendered without resistance: he moreover captured the city of Medina Celi, where he found an inestimable table which had formed a part of the spoil taken at Rome by Alaric, at the time that the sacred city was conquered by the Goths.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	expedition	expedition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	led	lead	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Taric	Taric	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	against	against	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Guadalaxara	Guadalaxara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
12	surrendered	surrender	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	without	without	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	resistance	resistance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	moreover	moreover	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	captured	capture	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	Medina	Medina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	Celi	Celi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
25	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	27	advmod	_	_
26	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
27	found	find	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
28	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	inestimable	inestimable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	_
31	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	33	nsubj:pass	_	_
32	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	aux	_	_
33	formed	form	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	30	acl:relcl	_	_
34	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obj	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	spoil	spoil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	_
39	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	38	acl	_	_
40	at	at	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	Rome	Rome	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	_
42	by	by	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	Alaric	Alaric	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
45	at	at	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl:unmarked	_	_
48	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	53	mark	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
50	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	nsubj	_	_
52	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	aux:pass	_	_
53	conquered	conquer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	47	acl:relcl	_	_
54	by	by	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	Goths	Goth	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	53	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | past · passive | Guadalaxara | a subsequent expedition |  |  |  | by Taric | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme by taric=Destination |
| 2 | **surrender** | past | Guadalaxara |  |  |  |  | without resistance | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **capture** | past | Taric | the city of Medina Celi |  |  |  | moreover *property* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Theme |
| 4 | **find** | past | Taric | a inestimable table |  |  | time |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Topic |
| 5 | **form** | past · perfect · passive |  | a inestimable table |  |  |  | a part of the spoil *obj* | tree rules |
| 6 | **take** | participle |  | the spoil *not said here* |  | Rome |  | by Alaric | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent at rome=Asset |
| 7 | **conquer** | past · passive | the Goths | the sacred city |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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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