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title: From thence the tide of Moslem conquest had rolled on to the shores… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: From thence the tide of Moslem conquest had rolled on to the shores of the Atlantic; so that all Almagreb, or Western Africa, had submitted to the standard of the prophet, with the exception of a portion of Tingitania, lying along the straits; being the province held by the Goths of Spain, and comma
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VIII., sentence 6

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From thence the tide of Moslem conquest had rolled on to the shores of the Atlantic; so that all Almagreb, or Western Africa, had submitted to the standard of the prophet, with the exception of a portion of Tingitania, lying along the straits; being the province held by the Goths of Spain, and commanded by Count Julian.

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**Who acts:** exception, province, Moslem conquest · **What happens:** roll, submit, lie, be, hold, command · **To what, where:** tide, Almagreb, standard, straits, province, Goths · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter VIII.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (exception, province, Moslem conquest), 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:pg77685:9:6
# text = From thence the tide of Moslem conquest had rolled on to the shores of the Atlantic; so that all Almagreb, or Western Africa, had submitted to the standard of the prophet, with the exception of a portion of Tingitania, lying along the straits; being the province held by the Goths of Spain, and commanded by Count Julian.
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	thence	thence	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	Moslem	Moslem	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	conquest	conquest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	rolled	roll	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	shores	shore	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Atlantic	Atlantic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
18	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
19	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
20	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	21	det	_	_
21	Almagreb	Almagreb	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
23	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
24	Western	western	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
27	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
28	submitted	submit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	_
29	to	to	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	standard	standard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	prophet	prophet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
36	with	with	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	exception	exception	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	portion	portion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	Tingitania	Tingitania	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
45	lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	38	acl	_	_
46	along	along	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	48	det	_	_
48	straits	strait	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	52	punct	_	_
50	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	52	cop	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	province	province	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
53	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	52	acl	_	_
54	by	by	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
56	Goths	Goth	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	53	obj	_	_
57	of	of	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
58	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	56	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	61	punct	_	_
60	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	61	cc	_	_
61	commanded	command	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	conj	_	_
62	by	by	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
63	Count	Count	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	64	compound	_	_
64	Julian	Julian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	61	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **roll** | past · perfect |  |  |  | the tide of Moslem conquest |  | on the shores of the Atlantic | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme from tide=Source on shore=Trajectory |
| 2 | **submit** | past · perfect · passive |  | all Almagreb  Western Africa | the standard of the prophet |  |  | the exception of a portion of Tingitania *conj* | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to standard=Recipient |
| 3 | **lie** | gerund | the exception of a portion of Tingitania *not said here* |  |  | the straits |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent along strait=Location |
| 4 | **is a** | gerund |  | the province |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **hold** | participle | the province *not said here* | the Goths of Spain |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goth=Theme |
| 6 | **command** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by Count Julian | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.predicate»: agent=Agent by julian=Eventuality |
| 7 | **tide** |  | Moslem conquest |  |  |  |  |  | nom tide «event intransitive»: of=agent |
| 8 | **except** |  |  | a portion of Tingitania |  |  |  |  | nom exception «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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