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title: Thirty-five of the Moors were in the great square, unsuspicious of a… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: Thirty-five of the Moors were in the great square, unsuspicious of any danger, when they were severally singled out by their executioners, and, at a concerted signal, killed on the spot. Who acts: executioners. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Legend of Count Ju
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., sentence 88

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Thirty-five of the Moors were in the great square, unsuspicious of any danger, when they were severally singled out by their executioners, and, at a concerted signal, killed on the spot.

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**Who acts:** executioners · **What happens:** be, single out, kill · **To what, where:** five great square, squares, concerted signal, spot

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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 (executioners), 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:pg77685:39:88
# text = Thirty-five of the Moors were in the great square, unsuspicious of any danger, when they were severally singled out by their executioners, and, at a concerted signal, killed on the spot.
1	Thirty	thirty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	Moors	moor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	square	square	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	unsuspicious	unsuspicious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	appos	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	16	det	_	_
16	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
18	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	22	advmod	_	_
19	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
20	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux:pass	_	_
21	severally	severally	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	singled	single	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	conj	_	_
23	out	out	ADP	RP	_	22	compound:prt	_	_
24	by	by	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	executioners	executioner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
30	at	at	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
31	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	concerted	concerted	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	signal	signal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
35	killed	kill	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	33	acl	_	_
36	on	on	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  | the five great square and a concerted signal |  | of the Moors; a concerted signal *conj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **single out** | past · passive | squares's executioners | squares *= square* |  |  |  | severally *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **kill** | participle |  | a concerted signal *not said here* |  | the spot |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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