--- title: She was surrounded by the Moorish damsels of her train, and followed… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: She was surrounded by the Moorish damsels of her train, and followed by her own Moslem guards, all attired with the magnificence that had been intended to grace her arrival at the court of Tunis. Who acts: Moorish damsels, own Moslem guards, band. 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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 (Moorish damsels, own Moslem guards, band), 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:pg77685:4:26 # text = She was surrounded by the Moorish damsels of her train, and followed by her own Moslem guards, all attired with the magnificence that had been intended to grace her arrival at the court of Tunis. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 by by ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 Moorish moorish ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 damsels damsel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl:agent _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 train train NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 13 followed follow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 parataxis _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 15 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 16 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 17 Moslem Moslem ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 guards guard NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 20 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 21 attired attire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 acl _ _ 22 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 magnificence magnificence NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 25 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 28 nsubj:pass _ _ 26 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 aux _ _ 27 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 28 aux:pass _ _ 28 intended intend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 acl:relcl _ _ 29 to to PART TO _ 30 mark _ _ 30 grace grace VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 28 xcomp _ _ 31 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 32 nmod:poss _ _ 32 arrival arrival NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obj _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 obl _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 Tunis Tunis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 35 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 38 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **surround** | past · passive | the Moorish damsels of band's train | band | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme | | 2 | **follow** | participle | | | | | | band's own Moslem guards *obl:agent* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **attire** | participle · passive | band's own Moslem guards *not said here* | all | | | | with the magnificence | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 4 | **intend** | past · perfect · passive | | the magnificence | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **grace** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | band's arrival | | the court of Tunis | | | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme arrival=Destination | | 6 | **arrive** | | band | | | | | | nom arrival «act intransitive»: 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 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/4/25/) - next →: [sentence 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/4/27/) - ↑ back to [Of the Loves of Roderick and the Princess Elyata.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/4/)