--- title: Many were lulled by this easy and voluptuous existence; the scenes o… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Many were lulled by this easy and voluptuous existence; the scenes of horror through which they had passed were gradually effaced from their minds, and a desire was often awakened of rendering themselves pleasing in the eyes of their conquerors. Who acts: easy existence, scenes. 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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 (easy existence, scenes), 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:pg77685:37:7 # text = Many were lulled by this easy and voluptuous existence; the scenes of horror through which they had passed were gradually effaced from their minds, and a desire was often awakened of rendering themselves pleasing in the eyes of their conquerors. 1 Many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 lulled lull VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 5 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 det _ _ 6 easy easy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 voluptuous voluptuous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 9 existence existence NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 22 punct _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 scenes scene NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 nsubj:pass _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 14 horror horror NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 15 through through ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 19 obl _ _ 17 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux _ _ 19 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 14 acl:relcl _ _ 20 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux:pass _ _ 21 gradually gradually ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 22 effaced efface VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 23 from from ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 minds mind NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 32 cc _ _ 28 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 desire desire NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 30 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 31 often often ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 awakened awaken VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 33 of of SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 34 rendering render VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 32 advcl _ _ 35 themselves themselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 34 obj _ _ 36 pleasing please VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 34 advcl _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 conquerors conqueror NOUN NNS Number=Plur 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lull** | past · passive | this easy existence | Many | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | | 2 | **pass** | past · perfect · passive | | scenes *= scene* | | horror | | | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme through which=Destination | | 3 | **efface** | past · passive | | the scenes of horror | | scenes's minds | | gradually *property* | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **awaken** | past · passive | | a desire | | | | often *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme | | 5 | **render** | gerund | | scenes *= scene* | | | | | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme | | 6 | **please** | gerund | | | | the eyes of scenes's conquerors | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **mind** | | scenes *= scene* | | | | | | nom mind «cognition 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 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/37/6/) - next →: [sentence 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/37/8/) - ↑ back to [Loves of Abdalasis and Exilona.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/37/)