--- title: Among the few fortified places that had not been dismantled by Don R… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Among the few fortified places that had not been dismantled by Don Roderick was the ancient city of Denia, situated on the Mediterranean coast, and defended on a rock-built castle that overlooked the sea. Who acts: Don, built castle. 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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 (Don, built castle), 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:pg77685:4:5 # text = Among the few fortified places that had not been dismantled by Don Roderick was the ancient city of Denia, situated on the Mediterranean coast, and defended on a rock-built castle that overlooked the sea. 1 Among among ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 3 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 fortified fortify VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 amod _ _ 5 places place NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 obl _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obj _ _ 7 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 9 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 dismantled dismantle VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl:relcl _ _ 11 by by ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Don Don PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl:agent _ _ 13 Roderick Roderick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 12 flat _ _ 14 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Denia Denia PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 21 situated situate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ _ 22 on on ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 24 Mediterranean Mediterranean PROPN NNP Number=Sing 25 compound _ _ 25 coast coast NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 defended defend VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 parataxis _ _ 29 on on ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 31 rock rock NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 32 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 31 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 33 built build VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 amod _ _ 34 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obl _ _ 35 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 36 nsubj _ _ 36 overlooked overlook VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 34 acl:relcl _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 sea sea NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 17 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fortify** | participle | | | | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **dismantle** | past · perfect · passive | Don | the few fortified places | | | | | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient | | 3 | **is a** | past | | the ancient city | | | | among the few fortified places; of Denia | tree rules | | 4 | **situate** | participle | | the ancient city *not said here* | | the Mediterranean coast | | | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on coast=Destination | | 5 | **defend** | participle | | | | a built castle | | | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **build** | participle | | | | | | rock *compound* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | | 7 | **overlook** | past | a built castle | the sea | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=Theme | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/4/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/4/6/) - ↑ back to [Of the Loves of Roderick and the Princess Elyata.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/4/)