Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XI., sentence 8

In the meantime, Taric el Tuerto had received large re-enforcements from Africa, and the adherents of Count Julian, and all those discontented with the sway of Don Roderick, had flocked to his standard; for many were deceived by the representations of Count Julian, and thought that the Arabs had come to aid him in placing the sons of Witiza upon the throne.

Who acts: representations, Arabs · What happens: receive, discontent, flock, deceive, think, come · To what, where: Taric, meantime, those, many, sons, throne · Speech: someone speaks here

This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter XI.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (representations, Arabs), 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 meantime	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 meantime	det
3	meantime	meantime	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 received	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 meantime	punct
5	Taric	Taric	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 received	nsubj:pass
6	el	El	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Taric	flat
7	Tuerto	Tuerto	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Taric	flat
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 received	aux
9	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 re-enforcements	amod
11	re-enforcements	re-enforcement	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 received	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	13 Africa	case
13	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 re-enforcements	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 adherents	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 adherents	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 adherents	det
17	adherents	adherent	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 received	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 Julian	case
19	Count	Count	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 Julian	compound
20	Julian	Julian	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 adherents	nmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 flocked	punct
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 flocked	cc
23	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	24 those	det:predet
24	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	34 flocked	nsubj:pass
25	discontented	discontent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	24 those	acl
26	with	with	ADP	_	28 sway	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 sway	det
28	sway	sway	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 discontented	obl
29	of	of	ADP	_	30 Don	case
30	Don	Don	PROPN	Number=Sing	28 sway	nmod
31	Roderick	Roderick	PROPN	Number=Sing	30 Don	flat
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 those	punct
33	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	34 flocked	aux
34	flocked	flock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 received	conj
35	to	to	ADP	_	37 standard	case
36	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	37 standard	nmod:poss
37	standard	standard	NOUN	Number=Sing	34 flocked	obl
38	;	;	PUNCT	_	42 deceived	punct
39	for	for	ADP	_	40 many	case
40	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 deceived	nsubj:pass
41	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	42 deceived	aux:pass
42	deceived	deceive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	34 flocked	conj
43	by	by	ADP	_	45 representations	case
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 representations	det
45	representations	representation	NOUN	Number=Plur	42 deceived	obl
46	of	of	ADP	_	48 Julian	case
47	Count	Count	PROPN	Number=Sing	48 Julian	compound
48	Julian	Julian	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 representations	nmod
49	,	,	PUNCT	_	51 thought	punct
50	and	and	CCONJ	_	51 thought	cc
51	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 received	parataxis
52	that	that	SCONJ	_	56 come	mark
53	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	54 Arabs	det
54	Arabs	Arab	PROPN	Number=Plur	56 come	nsubj
55	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	56 come	aux
56	come	come	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	51 thought	ccomp
57	to	to	PART	_	58 aid	mark
58	aid	aid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	56 come	xcomp
59	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	58 aid	obj
60	in	in	SCONJ	_	61 placing	mark
61	placing	place	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	58 aid	advcl
62	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	63 sons	det
63	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	61 placing	obj
64	of	of	ADP	_	65 Witiza	case
65	Witiza	Witiza	PROPN	Number=Sing	63 sons	nmod
66	upon	upon	ADP	_	68 throne	case
67	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	68 throne	det
68	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	61 placing	obl
69	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 received	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	receive	past · perfect · passive		Taric		the meantime	the adherents of Count Julian obl; large re-enforcements obj	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme re-enforcement=Location
2	discontent	participle					with the sway of Don	tree rules
3	flock	past · perfect · passive		those			to DON's standard	vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme
4	deceive	past · passive	the representations of Count Julian	many				vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient
5	think speech: other	past						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
6	come	past · perfect	the Arabs					tree rules
7	aid	to-infinitive	the Arabs not said here		TARIC			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary
8	place	gerund	the Arabs not said here	the sons of Witiza		the throne		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme upon throne=Destination
9	represent			Count Julian				nom representation «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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.

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🌲 Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XI., sentence 8

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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XI., sentence 8