--- title: At this martial feast were many Arab cavaliers who had been present… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: At this martial feast were many Arab cavaliers who had been present in various battles; and they vied with each other in recounting the daring enterprises in which they had been engaged, and the splendid triumphs they had witnessed. Who acts: many Arab cavaliers, battles. 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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 (many Arab cavaliers, battles), 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:pg77685:31:2 # text = At this martial feast were many Arab cavaliers who had been present in various battles; and they vied with each other in recounting the daring enterprises in which they had been engaged, and the splendid triumphs they had witnessed. 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 4 det _ _ 3 martial martial ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 feast feast NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 5 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 Arab Arab ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 cavaliers cavalier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 9 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 12 nsubj _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 12 cop _ _ 12 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 acl:relcl _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 battles battle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 vied vie VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 19 obl _ _ 22 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 fixed _ _ 23 in in SCONJ IN _ 24 mark _ _ 24 recounting recount VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 advcl _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 daring daring NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 compound _ _ 27 enterprises enterprise NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 obj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 33 obl _ _ 30 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 32 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 33 aux:pass _ _ 33 engaged engage VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 35 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 36 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 37 splendid splendid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 triumphs triumph NOUN NNS Number=Plur 41 nsubj:pass _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 witnessed witness VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 19 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | | many Arab cavaliers | | this martial feast | | | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | past · perfect | many Arab cavaliers | | | various battles | | present *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **vie** | past | battles *= battle* | | | | | with each | vn battle-36.4 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with each=Co-Agent | | 4 | **recount** *speech: other* | gerund | battles *= battle* *not said here* | the daring enterprises | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent enterprise=Topic | | 5 | **engage** | past · perfect · passive | | battles *= battle* | | the daring enterprises | | | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme in which=Goal | | 6 | **witness** | past · perfect · passive | | the splendid triumphs | | | | triumphs *= triumph* *nsubj* | vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary | 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 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/3/) - ↑ back to [Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/)