--- title: Some assert that the cruel Alahor pursued him to his retreat among t… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Some assert that the cruel Alahor pursued him to his retreat among the mountains, and, having taken him prisoner, beheaded him; others that the Moors confined him in a dungeon, and put an end to his life with lingering torments; while others affirm that the tower of the castle of Marcuello, near Hue --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/39/172/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends of the conquest of Spain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/) / [Legend of Count Julian and His Family.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/39/) / 172 # Legends of the conquest of Spain, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., sentence 172 Some assert that the cruel Alahor pursued him to his retreat among the mountains, and, having taken him prisoner, beheaded him; others that the Moors confined him in a dungeon, and put an end to his life with lingering torments; while others affirm that the tower of the castle of Marcuello, near Huesca, in Arragon, in which he took refuge, fell on him and crushed him to pieces. **Who acts:** Some, cruel Alahor, others, God · **What happens:** assert, pursue, take, behead, confine, put · **To what, where:** God, retreat, dungeon, end, Huesca, refuge This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Legend of Count Julian and His Family.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Some, cruel Alahor, others, God), 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:pg77685:39:172 # text = Some assert that the cruel Alahor pursued him to his retreat among the mountains, and, having taken him prisoner, beheaded him; others that the Moors confined him in a dungeon, and put an end to his life with lingering torments; while others affirm that the tower of the castle of Marcuello, near Huesca, in Arragon, in which he took refuge, fell on him and crushed him to pieces. 1 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 nsubj _ _ 2 assert assert VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 cruel cruel ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 Alahor Alahor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 pursued pursue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 8 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 retreat retreat NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 among among ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 mountains mountain NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 19 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 19 aux _ _ 19 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 2 conj _ _ 20 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 obj _ _ 21 prisoner prisoner NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 23 beheaded behead VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 30 punct _ _ 26 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 27 that that SCONJ IN _ 30 mark _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 Moors Moor PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 30 nsubj _ _ 30 confined confine VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 31 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 obj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 dungeon dungeon NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 put put VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 38 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 40 to to ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ _ 43 with with ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 lingering lingering NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 compound _ _ 45 torments torment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 47 while while SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 48 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 nsubj _ _ 49 affirm affirm VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 50 that that SCONJ IN _ 60 mark _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 tower tower NOUN NN Number=Sing 60 nsubj _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 nmod _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 Marcuello Marcuello PROPN NNP Number=Sing 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 58 , , PUNCT , _ 60 punct _ _ 59 near near ADP IN _ 60 case _ _ 60 Huesca Huesca PROPN NNP Number=Sing 49 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 61 , , PUNCT , _ 63 punct _ _ 62 in in ADP IN _ 63 case _ _ 63 Arragon Arragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 60 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 64 , , PUNCT , _ 68 punct _ _ 65 in in ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 66 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 68 obl _ _ 67 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 68 nsubj _ _ 68 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 49 parataxis _ _ 69 refuge refuge NOUN NN Number=Sing 68 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 70 , , PUNCT , _ 71 punct _ _ 71 fell fall VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 68 conj _ _ 72 on on ADP IN _ 73 case _ _ 73 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 71 obl _ _ 74 and and CCONJ CC _ 75 cc _ _ 75 crushed crush VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 71 conj _ _ 76 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 75 obj _ _ 77 to to ADP IN _ 78 case _ _ 78 pieces piece NOUN NNS Number=Plur 75 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 79 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **assert** | present | Some | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **pursue** | past | the cruel Alahor | God | | God's retreat | | among the mountains | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme to retreat=Trajectory | | 3 | **take** | gerund · perfect | Some *not said here* | | God | | | prisoner *xcomp* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | | 4 | **behead** | past | Some *not said here* | God | | | | | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 5 | **confine** | past | others | God | | a dungeon | | the Moors *nsubj* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme in dungeon=Destination | | 6 | **put** | infinitive | Some *not said here* | a end | | | | to God's life; with lingering torments | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent end=Goal | | 7 | **affirm** | present | others | | | Huesca the tower of the castle of Marcuello and Arragon | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 8 | **take** | past | God | refuge | | | | which *obl* | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent refuge=Value in which=Location | | 9 | **fall** | past | God *not said here* | | | | | on God | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on he=Location | | 10 | **crush** | past | God *not said here* | God | | | | to pieces *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent he=Patient to piece=Result | 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 171](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/39/171/) - next →: [sentence 173](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/39/173/) - ↑ back to [Legend of Count Julian and His Family.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/39/)