--- title: The Arabs of the East, the followers of Mahomet, having subjugated s… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: The Arabs of the East, the followers of Mahomet, having subjugated several of the most potent oriental kingdoms, had established their seat of empire at Damascus, where, at this time, it was filled by Waled Almanzor, surnamed “the Sword of God.” Who acts: Arabs, Waled Almanzor. 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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 (Arabs, Waled Almanzor), 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:pg77685:9:5 # text = The Arabs of the East, the followers of Mahomet, having subjugated several of the most potent oriental kingdoms, had established their seat of empire at Damascus, where, at this time, it was filled by Waled Almanzor, surnamed “the Sword of God.” 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 Arabs Arab PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 23 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 East East PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 followers follower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 appos _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 Mahomet Mahomet PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 12 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 13 aux _ _ 13 subjugated subjugate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl _ _ 14 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 obj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 17 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 18 advmod _ _ 18 potent potent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 19 oriental oriental ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 amod _ _ 20 kingdoms kingdom NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 2 punct _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 established establish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 24 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 25 nmod:poss _ _ 25 seat seat NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 empire empire NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 Damascus Damascus PROPN NNP Number=Sing 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 31 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 39 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 35 det _ _ 35 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 39 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 filled fill VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 acl _ _ 40 by by ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 Waled wale VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 amod _ _ 42 Almanzor Almanzor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 44 surnamed surname VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 acl _ _ 45 “ " PUNCT `` _ 47 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 Sword Sword PROPN NNP Number=Sing 44 obl:agent _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 23 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 51 ” " PUNCT '' _ 23 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **subjugate** | gerund · perfect | the Arabs of the East *not said here* | several of the potent oriental kingdoms | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent several=Patient | | 2 | **establish** | past · perfect · passive | | the Arabs of the East | | | | Arabs's seat of empire at Damascus *obj* | tree rules | | 3 | **fill** | past · passive | Waled Almanzor | seat | | | time | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 4 | **wale** | participle | | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **surname** | participle | | Waled Almanzor *not said here* | | | | the Sword of God *obl:agent* | tree rules | 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/pg77685/9/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/9/6/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VIII.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/9/)