Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter I., sentence 45

They were forbidden also to encumber themselves with booty, or even with provisions; but were to scour the country with all speed, and seize upon all its fortresses and strongholds.

What happens: forbid, encumber, scour, seize · To what, where: orders, country

This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter I.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: 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	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 forbidden	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 forbidden	aux:pass
3	forbidden	forbid	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	also	also	ADV	_	6 encumber	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 encumber	mark
6	encumber	encumber	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 forbidden	xcomp
7	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 encumber	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 booty	case
9	booty	booty	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 encumber	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 provisions	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 provisions	cc
12	even	even	ADV	_	14 provisions	advmod
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 provisions	case
14	provisions	provision	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 forbidden	obl
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 scour	punct
16	but	but	CCONJ	_	19 scour	cc
17	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 scour	aux
18	to	to	PART	_	19 scour	mark
19	scour	scour	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 forbidden	parataxis
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 country	det
21	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 scour	obj
22	with	with	ADP	_	24 speed	case
23	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	24 speed	det
24	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 scour	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 seize	punct
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 seize	cc
27	seize	seize	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	19 scour	conj
28	upon	upon	ADP	_	31 fortresses	case
29	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	31 fortresses	det:predet
30	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	31 fortresses	nmod:poss
31	fortresses	fortress	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 seize	obl
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 strongholds	cc
33	strongholds	stronghold	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 fortresses	conj
34	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 forbidden	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	forbid	past · passive	orders = order	with provisions	tree rules
2	encumber	to-infinitive	orders = order	with booty	vn equip-13.4.2-1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent themselves=Recipient with booty=Theme
3	scour	past	the country	with all speed	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent country=Source
4	seize	infinitive		upon speed's fortresses and strongholds	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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 I., sentence 45

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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter I., sentence 45