Legends of the conquest of Spain, Capture of Granada.—subjugation of the Alpuxarra Mountains., sentence 54

It was agreed that they should be permitted to retain their houses, lands, and personal effects; that they should be unmolested in their religion, and their temples and priests respected; and that they should pay no other tribute than such as they had been accustomed to render to their kings.

Who acts: conditions, temples · What happens: agree, permit, retain, be, respect, pay · To what, where: warrior, conditions, houses, religion, other tribute, kings

This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Capture of Granada.—subjugation of the Alpuxarra Mountains.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (conditions, temples), 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 agreed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 agreed	aux:pass
3	agreed	agree	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 permitted	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 permitted	nsubj:pass
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 permitted	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 permitted	aux:pass
8	permitted	permit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 agreed	advcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 retain	mark
10	retain	retain	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 permitted	xcomp
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 houses	nmod:poss
12	houses	house	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 retain	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 lands	punct
14	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 houses	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 effects	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 effects	cc
17	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 effects	amod
18	effects	effect	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 houses	conj
19	;	;	PUNCT	_	24 unmolested	punct
20	that	that	SCONJ	_	24 unmolested	mark
21	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 unmolested	nsubj
22	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 unmolested	aux
23	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	24 unmolested	cop
24	unmolested	unmolested	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 agreed	parataxis
25	in	in	ADP	_	27 religion	case
26	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 religion	nmod:poss
27	religion	religion	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 unmolested	obl
28	,	,	PUNCT	_	34 respected	punct
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	34 respected	cc
30	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	31 temples	nmod:poss
31	temples	temple	NOUN	Number=Plur	34 respected	nsubj
32	and	and	CCONJ	_	33 priests	cc
33	priests	priest	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 temples	conj
34	respected	respect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 unmolested	conj
35	;	;	PUNCT	_	40 pay	punct
36	and	and	CCONJ	_	40 pay	cc
37	that	that	SCONJ	_	40 pay	mark
38	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	40 pay	nsubj
39	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	40 pay	aux
40	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 agreed	conj
41	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	43 tribute	det
42	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	43 tribute	amod
43	tribute	tribute	NOUN	Number=Sing	40 pay	obj
44	than	than	ADP	_	45 such	case
45	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	40 pay	obl
46	as	as	SCONJ	_	50 accustomed	mark
47	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	50 accustomed	nsubj:pass
48	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	50 accustomed	aux
49	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	50 accustomed	aux:pass
50	accustomed	accustom	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	40 pay	advcl
51	to	to	PART	_	52 render	mark
52	render	render	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	50 accustomed	xcomp
53	to	to	ADP	_	55 kings	case
54	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	55 kings	nmod:poss
55	kings	king	NOUN	Number=Plur	52 render	obl
56	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 agreed	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	agree speech: agree	past · passive		warrior				vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic
2	permit	should · passive		conditions = condition				vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
3	retain not said to happen	to-infinitive		conditions's houses and lands and personal effects				tree rules
4	is	should	conditions = condition			conditions's religion	unmolested property	tree rules
5	respect	past	conditions's temples and priests					vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
6	pay	should	conditions = condition	no other tribute			than such	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tribute=Asset
7	accustom	past · perfect · passive		conditions = condition				tree rules
8	render	to-infinitive			conditions's kings			vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to king=Recipient

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, Capture of Granada.—subjugation of the Alpuxarra Mountains., sentence 54