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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 (gates, slaughter, Abdalasis), 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:pg77685:31:29 # text = They confined not their slaughter to the soldiery in the alcazar, but roamed through every street, confounding the innocent with the guilty in one bloody massacre, and it was with the utmost difficulty that Abdalasis could at length succeed in staying their sanguinary career. 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 confined confine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 4 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 slaughter slaughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 soldiery soldiery NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 alcazar alcazar NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 roamed roam VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 conj _ _ 15 through through ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 17 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 19 confounding confound VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 innocent innocent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 obj _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 guilty guilty NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 28 case _ _ 26 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 28 nummod _ _ 27 bloody bloody ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 massacre massacre NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 31 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 32 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 cop _ _ 33 with with ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 utmost utmost ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 difficulty difficulty NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 37 that that SCONJ IN _ 42 mark _ _ 38 Abdalasis Abdalasis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj _ _ 39 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 40 at at ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 length length NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ _ 42 succeed succeed VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 advcl _ _ 43 in in SCONJ IN _ 44 mark _ _ 44 staying stay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 42 advcl _ _ 45 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 46 sanguinary sanguinary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 47 amod _ _ 47 career career NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **confine** | past | gates *= gate* | gates's slaughter | | the soldiery in the alcazar | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent slaughter=Theme to soldiery=Destination | | 2 | **roam** | participle | gates *= gate* *not said here* | | | every street | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through street=Trajectory | | 3 | **confound** | gerund | gates *= gate* *not said here* | the innocent | | | | with the guilty in one bloody massacre | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus innocent=Experiencer | | 4 | **is** | past | slaughter | | | | | with the utmost difficulty | tree rules | | 5 | **succeed** | could | Abdalasis | | | length | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **stay** | gerund | Abdalasis *not said here* | gates's sanguinary career | | | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme career=Location | | 7 | **slaughter** | | gates *= gate* | | | | | | nom slaughter «act transitive»: 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/30/) - ↑ back to [Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/)