--- title: It was wonderful to see, in so brief a space of time, such a vast an… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: It was wonderful to see, in so brief a space of time, such a vast and difficult country penetrated and subdued; and the invading army, like an inundating flood, pouring its streams into the most remote recesses. Who acts: chain. 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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 (chain), 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:pg77685:33:12 # text = It was wonderful to see, in so brief a space of time, such a vast and difficult country penetrated and subdued; and the invading army, like an inundating flood, pouring its streams into the most remote recesses. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wonderful wonderful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 in in SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 brief brief VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 such such DET PDT PronType=Ind 17 det:predet _ _ 16 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 vast vast NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 19 difficult difficult ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 conj _ _ 21 penetrated penetrate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 acl _ _ 22 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 23 subdued subdue VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 invading invade VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 amod _ _ 28 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 30 like like ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 31 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 32 inundating inundate VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 33 amod _ _ 33 flood flood NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 pouring pour VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 28 advcl _ _ 36 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 37 streams stream NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 38 into into ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 40 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 41 advmod _ _ 41 remote remote ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 recesses recess NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | chain | | | | | the invading army and a inundating flood *parataxis*; wonderful *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | chain *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **brief** *speech: other* | infinitive | chain *not said here* | a space of time and such vast and difficult country | | | | | vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent space=Recipient | | 4 | **penetrate** | participle | | difficult country *not said here* | | | | | vn poke-19 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **subdue** | participle | | | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **invade** | gerund | | | | | | | tree rules | | 7 | **inundate** | gerund | | | | | | | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 8 | **pour** | gerund | chain *not said here* | chain's streams | | the remote recesses | | | vn pour-9.5 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent stream=Theme into recess=Destination | 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/pg77685/33/11/) - next →: [sentence 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/33/13/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XII.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/33/)