--- title: The first place which he assailed was the ancient city of Carmona: i… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: The first place which he assailed was the ancient city of Carmona: it was not of great magnitude, but was fortified with high walls and massive towers, and many of the fugitives of the late army had thrown themselves into it. Who acts: first place, place. 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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 (first place, place), 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:pg77685:28:12 # text = The first place which he assailed was the ancient city of Carmona: it was not of great magnitude, but was fortified with high walls and massive towers, and many of the fugitives of the late army had thrown themselves into it. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 4 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 assailed assail VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Carmona Carmona PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 14 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 15 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 cop _ _ 16 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 19 advmod _ _ 17 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 magnitude magnitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 but but CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 fortified fortify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 acl:relcl _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 high high ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 walls wall NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obl _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 28 massive massive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 towers tower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 31 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 32 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 of of ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 fugitives fugitive NOUN NNS Number=Plur 32 nmod _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 38 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 39 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 23 conj _ _ 42 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 41 obj _ _ 43 into into ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **assail** | past | the first place | | | | | Muza *nsubj* | vn attack-60.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is a** | past | the first place | the ancient city and great magnitude | | | | of Carmona | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **is** | past | place | | | | | of great magnitude | tree rules | | 4 | **fortify** | past · passive | | great magnitude *not said here* | | | | with high walls and massive towers | vn equip-13.4.2-1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: with wall=Theme | | 5 | **throw** | past · perfect · passive | | many of the fugitives of the late army | | place | | fugitives *= fugitive* *obj* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination themselves=Theme | 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 11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/28/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/28/13/) - ↑ back to [Muza Ben Nozier.—his Entrance Into Spain, and Capture of Carmona.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/28/)