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title: From hence he continued on towards Astorga, receiving the terrified… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: From hence he continued on towards Astorga, receiving the terrified submission of the land; then turning up the valley of the Douro, he ascended the course of that famous river towards the east; crossed the Sierra de Moncayo, and, arriving on the banks of the Ebro, marched down along its stream, unt
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XII., sentence 15

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From hence he continued on towards Astorga, receiving the terrified submission of the land; then turning up the valley of the Douro, he ascended the course of that famous river towards the east; crossed the Sierra de Moncayo, and, arriving on the banks of the Ebro, marched down along its stream, until he approached the strong city of Saragossa, the citadel of all that part of Spain.

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**Who acts:** Taric, arriving · **What happens:** continue, receive, turn up, ascend, cross, arrive · **To what, where:** Astorga, terrified submission, valley, course, Sierra Moncayo, banks

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter XII.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Taric, arriving), 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:pg77685:33:15
# text = From hence he continued on towards Astorga, receiving the terrified submission of the land; then turning up the valley of the Douro, he ascended the course of that famous river towards the east; crossed the Sierra de Moncayo, and, arriving on the banks of the Ebro, marched down along its stream, until he approached the strong city of Saragossa, the citadel of all that part of Spain.
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	hence	hence	ADV	RB	_	4	obl	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	continued	continue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Astorga	Astorga	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	receiving	receive	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	terrified	terrified	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	submission	submission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
17	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	18	advmod	_	_
18	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
19	up	up	ADP	RP	_	18	compound:prt	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	valley	valley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	Douro	Douro	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	27	nsubj	_	_
27	ascended	ascend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
31	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	33	det	_	_
32	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	_
34	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	east	east	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
38	crossed	cross	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
40	Sierra	Sierra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	compound	_	_
41	de	de	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	flat	_	_
42	Moncayo	Moncayo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	54	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	54	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
46	arriving	arrive	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	54	csubj	_	_
47	on	on	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	banks	bank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	obl	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	Ebro	Ebro	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
54	marched	march	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
55	down	down	ADV	RB	_	54	advmod	_	_
56	along	along	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	58	nmod:poss	_	_
58	stream	stream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	62	punct	_	_
60	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	62	mark	_	_
61	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	62	nsubj	_	_
62	approached	approach	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	54	conj	_	_
63	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	65	det	_	_
64	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	65	amod	_	_
65	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	obj	_	_
66	of	of	ADP	IN	_	67	case	_	_
67	Saragossa	Saragossa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	65	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
68	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	70	punct	_	_
69	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	70	det	_	_
70	citadel	citadel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	67	appos	_	_
71	of	of	ADP	IN	_	72	case	_	_
72	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	70	nmod	_	_
73	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	74	det	_	_
74	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	62	obj	_	_
75	of	of	ADP	IN	_	76	case	_	_
76	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	74	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
77	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **continue** | past | Taric |  |  | Astorga |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from hence=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **receive** | gerund | Taric *not said here* | the terrified submission of the land |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent submission=Theme |
| 3 | **turn up** | gerund | Taric *not said here* | the valley of the Douro |  |  | then |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location valley=Theme |
| 4 | **ascend** | past | Taric | the course of that famous river |  |  |  | towards the east | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme course=Trajectory |
| 5 | **cross** | past | Taric *not said here* | the Sierra Moncayo |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent moncayo=Patient |
| 6 | **arrive** | gerund |  |  |  | the banks of the Ebro |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 7 | **march down** | past | arriving |  |  | course's stream |  | down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along stream=Trajectory |
| 8 | **approach** | past | Taric | the strong city of Saragossa |  |  |  | that part of Spain *obj* | tree rules |
| 9 | **submit** |  |  | the land |  |  |  |  | nom submission «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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