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title: To each regiment or squadron was allowed a limited number of sumpter… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: To each regiment or squadron was allowed a limited number of sumpter mules and attendants; barely enough to carry their necessary baggage and supplies: nothing was permitted that could needlessly diminish the number of fighting men, delay their rapid movements, or consume their provisions. Who acts:
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XII., sentence 7

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To each regiment or squadron was allowed a limited number of sumpter mules and attendants; barely enough to carry their necessary baggage and supplies: nothing was permitted that could needlessly diminish the number of fighting men, delay their rapid movements, or consume their provisions.

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**Who acts:** regiment · **What happens:** allow, carry, permit, diminish, fight, delay · **To what, where:** regiment, necessary baggage, nothing, number, rapid movements, provisions

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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 (regiment), 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:pg77685:33:7
# text = To each regiment or squadron was allowed a limited number of sumpter mules and attendants; barely enough to carry their necessary baggage and supplies: nothing was permitted that could needlessly diminish the number of fighting men, delay their rapid movements, or consume their provisions.
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	regiment	regiment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	squadron	squadron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	limited	limited	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	sumpter	sumpter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	mules	mule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	attendants	attendant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
17	barely	barely	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	carry	carry	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
21	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
22	necessary	necessary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	baggage	baggage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	supplies	supplies	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	29	punct	_	_
27	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	29	nsubj:pass	_	_
28	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	29	aux:pass	_	_
29	permitted	permit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	parataxis	_	_
30	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	33	mark	_	_
31	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	33	aux	_	_
32	needlessly	needlessly	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	_
33	diminish	diminish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	advcl	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obj	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	fighting	fight	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	38	amod	_	_
38	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
40	delay	delay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	parataxis	_	_
41	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	43	nmod:poss	_	_
42	rapid	rapid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	movements	movement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
45	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
46	consume	consume	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	40	conj	_	_
47	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	48	nmod:poss	_	_
48	provisions	provision	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	46	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **allow** | past · passive |  | each regiment or squadron |  |  |  | a limited number of sumpter mules and attendants *obj* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal number=Theme |
| 2 | **carry** | to-infinitive |  | regiment's necessary baggage and supplies |  |  |  | enough *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baggage=Theme |
| 3 | **permit** | past · passive |  | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **diminish** | could |  | the number of fighting men |  |  |  | needlessly *property* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer number=Patient |
| 5 | **fight** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **delay** | present |  | regiment's rapid movements |  |  |  |  | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent movement=Source |
| 7 | **consume** | infinitive |  | regiment's provisions |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent provision=Asset |
| 8 | **move** |  | regiment |  |  |  |  |  | nom movement «act transitive»: poss=agent |
| 9 | **provide** |  | regiment |  |  |  |  |  | nom provision «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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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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