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title: The Arab generals pursued their conquests even to the foot of the Py… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: The Arab generals pursued their conquests even to the foot of the Pyrenees: Taric then descended along the course of the Ebro, and continued along the Mediterranean coast; subduing the famous city of Valencia, with its rich and beautiful domains, and carrying the success of his arms even to Denia. W
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XII., sentence 34

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The Arab generals pursued their conquests even to the foot of the Pyrenees: Taric then descended along the course of the Ebro, and continued along the Mediterranean coast; subduing the famous city of Valencia, with its rich and beautiful domains, and carrying the success of his arms even to Denia.

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**Who acts:** Arab generals, Taric · **What happens:** pursue, descend, continue, subdue, carry · **To what, where:** conquests, course, Mediterranean coast, famous city, success, Denia

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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 (Arab generals, Taric), 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:pg77685:33:34
# text = The Arab generals pursued their conquests even to the foot of the Pyrenees: Taric then descended along the course of the Ebro, and continued along the Mediterranean coast; subduing the famous city of Valencia, with its rich and beautiful domains, and carrying the success of his arms even to Denia.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Arab	Arab	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	generals	general	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	pursued	pursue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	conquests	conquest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	even	even	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Pyrenees	Pyrenees	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	17	punct	_	_
15	Taric	Taric	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
16	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	17	advmod	_	_
17	descended	descend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
18	along	along	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	Ebro	Ebro	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	continued	continue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	parataxis	_	_
27	along	along	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	Mediterranean	Mediterranean	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	compound	_	_
30	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	32	punct	_	_
32	subduing	subdue	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
34	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	Valencia	Valencia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
39	with	with	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
40	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
41	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
42	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
43	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	conj	_	_
44	domains	domain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
47	carrying	carry	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	32	conj	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	success	success	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
52	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	nmod	_	_
53	even	even	ADV	RB	_	55	advmod	_	_
54	to	to	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	Denia	Denia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pursue** | past | the Arab generals | generals's conquests |  |  |  | the foot of the Pyrenees *obj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **descend** | past | Taric |  |  | the course of the Ebro | then |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along course=Location |
| 3 | **continue** | participle |  |  |  | the Mediterranean coast |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme along coast=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **subdue** | gerund | the Arab generals *not said here* | the famous city of Valencia |  |  |  | with coast's rich domains | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent city=Patient with domain=Instrument |
| 5 | **carry** | gerund | the Arab generals *not said here* | the success of Taric's arms | Denia |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent success=Theme to denia=Destination |

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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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