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title: Those who chose to remain were protected in persons, possessions, an… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: Those who chose to remain were protected in persons, possessions, and religion: he took the property of those only who abandoned the city, or had fallen in battle, together with all arms and horses, and the treasures and ornaments of the churches. Who acts: Muza, treasures. A sentence of «Legends of
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Besieges the City of Merida., sentence 69

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Those who chose to remain were protected in persons, possessions, and religion: he took the property of those only who abandoned the city, or had fallen in battle, together with all arms and horses, and the treasures and ornaments of the churches.

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**Who acts:** Muza, treasures · **What happens:** choose, remain, protect, take, abandon, fall · **To what, where:** Those, property, city, battle

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Muza Besieges the City of Merida.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Muza, treasures), 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:pg77685:30:69
# text = Those who chose to remain were protected in persons, possessions, and religion: he took the property of those only who abandoned the city, or had fallen in battle, together with all arms and horses, and the treasures and ornaments of the churches.
1	Those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	chose	choose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	protected	protect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	possessions	possession	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	religion	religion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
16	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	19	nmod	_	_
22	only	only	ADV	RB	_	23	advmod	_	_
23	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	24	nsubj	_	_
24	abandoned	abandon	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	acl:relcl	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
28	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
29	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
30	fallen	fall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	17	conj	_	_
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
34	together	together	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
35	with	with	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	37	det	_	_
37	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	_	_
39	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	treasures	treasure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	nsubj	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
45	ornaments	ornament	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	churches	church	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | past |  |  |  |  |  | who *nsubj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **remain** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **protect** | past · passive |  | Those |  |  |  | in persons and possessions; religion *conj* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
| 4 | **take** | past | Muza | the property of those |  |  |  | with all arms and horses; together *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent property=Theme |
| 5 | **abandon** | past |  | the city |  |  |  | who *nsubj* | vn leave-51.2 «NP V NP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme city=Source |
| 6 | **fall** | past · perfect | Muza *not said here* |  |  | battle |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in battle=Location |
| 7 | **ornament** |  | the treasures |  |  |  |  | of the churches | tree rules |

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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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