Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Ancient Inhabitants of Spain.—of the Misrule of Witiza the Wicked., sentence 17

The Goths, at the time of their inroad, were stout adherents to the Arian doctrines; but after a time they embraced the Catholic faith, which was maintained by the native Spaniards free from many of the gross superstitions of the church at Rome; and this unity of faith contributed more than any thing else to blend and harmonise the two races into one.

Who acts: Goths, unity · What happens: be, embrace, maintain, contribute, blend, harmonise · To what, where: stout adherents, Catholic faith, two races

This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Of the Ancient Inhabitants of Spain.—of the Misrule of Witiza the Wicked.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Goths, unity), 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Goths	det
2	Goths	Goth	PROPN	Number=Plur	13 adherents	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 time	punct
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 time	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 time	det
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Goths	appos
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 inroad	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 inroad	nmod:poss
9	inroad	inroad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 time	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Goths	punct
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 adherents	cop
12	stout	stout	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 adherents	amod
13	adherents	adherent	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
14	to	to	ADP	_	17 doctrines	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 doctrines	det
16	Arian	arian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 doctrines	amod
17	doctrines	doctrine	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 adherents	nmod
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	24 embraced	punct
19	but	but	CCONJ	_	24 embraced	cc
20	after	after	ADP	_	22 time	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 time	det
22	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 embraced	obl
23	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 embraced	nsubj
24	embraced	embrace	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 adherents	parataxis
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 faith	det
26	Catholic	catholic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 faith	amod
27	faith	faith	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 embraced	obj
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 maintained	punct
29	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	31 maintained	nsubj:pass
30	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 maintained	aux:pass
31	maintained	maintain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	27 faith	acl:relcl
32	by	by	SCONJ	_	36 free	mark
33	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	36 free	det
34	native	native	ADJ	Degree=Pos	35 Spaniards	amod
35	Spaniards	Spaniard	PROPN	Number=Plur	36 free	nsubj
36	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 maintained	advcl
37	from	from	ADP	_	42 superstitions	case
38	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 superstitions	amod
39	of	of	ADP	_	42 superstitions	case
40	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	42 superstitions	det
41	gross	gross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	42 superstitions	amod
42	superstitions	superstition	NOUN	Number=Plur	36 free	obl
43	of	of	ADP	_	45 church	case
44	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	45 church	det
45	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	42 superstitions	nmod
46	at	at	ADP	_	47 Rome	case
47	Rome	Rome	PROPN	Number=Sing	45 church	nmod
48	;	;	PUNCT	_	54 contributed	punct
49	and	and	CCONJ	_	54 contributed	cc
50	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	51 unity	det
51	unity	unity	NOUN	Number=Sing	54 contributed	nsubj
52	of	of	ADP	_	53 faith	case
53	faith	faith	NOUN	Number=Sing	51 unity	nmod
54	contributed	contribute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 embraced	conj
55	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	54 contributed	advmod
56	than	than	ADP	_	58 thing	case
57	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	58 thing	det
58	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	55 more	obl
59	else	else	ADV	_	58 thing	advmod
60	to	to	PART	_	61 blend	mark
61	blend	blend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	54 contributed	advcl
62	and	and	CCONJ	_	63 harmonise	cc
63	harmonise	harmonise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	61 blend	conj
64	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	66 races	det
65	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	66 races	nummod
66	races	race	NOUN	Number=Plur	63 harmonise	obj
67	into	into	ADP	_	68 one	case
68	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	63 harmonise	obl
69	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 adherents	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the Goths	stout adherents		to the Arian doctrines	tree rules
2	embrace	past	Goths = goth	the Catholic faith	time		vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent faith=Co-Agent
3	maintain	past · passive		the Catholic faith			vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme
4	contribute	past	this unity of faith				vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	blend	to-infinitive	this unity of faith not said here				vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
6	harmonise	infinitive	this unity of faith not said here	the two races		into one	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.

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Pragmatics

Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Ancient Inhabitants of Spain.—of the Misrule of Witiza the Wicked., sentence 17