--- title: The troops rushed to the alcazar, took it by surprise, and put many… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: The troops rushed to the alcazar, took it by surprise, and put many of the Moslem garrison to the sword: the residue made their escape, and fled to the Arab camp before Merida, leaving Seville in the hands of the Christians. Who acts: troops, residue. 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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 (troops, residue), 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:pg77685:31:16 # text = The troops rushed to the alcazar, took it by surprise, and put many of the Moslem garrison to the sword: the residue made their escape, and fled to the Arab camp before Merida, leaving Seville in the hands of the Christians. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 troops troops NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 3 nsubj _ _ 3 rushed rush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 alcazar alcazar NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ 10 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 surprise surprise NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 put put VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 15 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 obj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 18 Moslem Moslem ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 garrison garrison NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 sword sword NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 : : PUNCT : _ 26 punct _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 residue residue NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 nsubj _ _ 26 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 27 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 28 nmod:poss _ _ 28 escape escape NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 fled flee VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 26 conj _ _ 32 to to ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 34 Arab Arab ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 35 amod _ _ 35 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 36 before before ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Merida Merida PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 38 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 39 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 31 advcl _ _ 40 Seville Seville PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obj _ _ 41 in in ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 46 det _ _ 46 Christians Christian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **rush** | past | the troops | | | | | to the alcazar *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to alcazar=Result | | 2 | **take** | past | | alcazar | | | | by surprise | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **put** | past | | many of the Moslem garrison | | | | to the sword | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent many=Goal | | 4 | **make** | past | the residue | troops's escape | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset escape=Product | | 5 | **flee** | past | the residue *not said here* | | | the Arab camp | before Merida | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to camp=Initial\_Location | | 6 | **leave** | gerund | the residue *not said here* | Seville | | the hands of the Christians | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent seville=Theme in hand=Location | | 7 | **escape** | | troops | | | | | | nom escape «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/17/) - ↑ back to [Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/)