Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter I., sentence 7

The Arabs, however, were not guilty of wanton cruelty or ravage; on the contrary, they conducted themselves with a moderation but seldom witnessed in more civilised conquerors.

Who acts: Arabs · What happens: not be, conduct, witness, civilise · To what, where: Arabs, contrary, more civilised conquerors

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: who acts (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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Arabs	det
2	Arabs	Arab	PROPN	Number=Plur	8 guilty	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Arabs	punct
4	however	however	ADV	_	8 guilty	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 however	punct
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 guilty	cop
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 guilty	advmod
8	guilty	guilty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 cruelty	case
10	wanton	wanton	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cruelty	compound
11	cruelty	cruelty	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 guilty	obl
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 ravage	cc
13	ravage	ravage	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cruelty	conj
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 conducted	punct
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 contrary	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 contrary	det
17	contrary	contrary	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 conducted	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 contrary	punct
19	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 conducted	nsubj
20	conducted	conduct	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 guilty	parataxis
21	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	20 conducted	obj
22	with	with	ADP	_	24 moderation	case
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 moderation	det
24	moderation	moderation	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 conducted	obl
25	but	but	CCONJ	_	27 witnessed	cc
26	seldom	seldom	ADV	_	27 witnessed	advmod
27	witnessed	witness	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 conducted	conj
28	in	in	ADP	_	31 conquerors	case
29	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	31 conquerors	amod
30	civilised	civilise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	31 conquerors	amod
31	conquerors	conqueror	NOUN	Number=Plur	27 witnessed	obl
32	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 guilty	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not is	past	the Arabs			of wanton cruelty or ravage; guilty, however property	tree rules
2	conduct	past	Arabs = arab	Arabs = arab	the contrary	with a moderation	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent themselves=Theme on contrary=Destination
3	witness	participle	Arabs = arab not said here		more civilised conquerors	seldom property	vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent
4	civilise	participle					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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🌲 Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter I., sentence 7

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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter I., sentence 7