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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Capture of Granada.—subjugation of the Alpuxarra Mountains., sentence 6

When the Arab conquerors beheld this delicious vega, they were lost in admiration; for it seemed as if the prophet had given them a paradise on earth, as a reward for their services in his cause.

Who acts: Arab conquerors, it, conquerors, Granada · What happens: behold, lose, seem, give, service, cause · To what, where: delicious vega, conquerors, admiration, prophet, cause

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 (Arab conquerors, it, conquerors, Granada), 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

advmoddetamodnsubjadvcldetamodobjpunctnsubjaux:passcaseoblpunctcasensubjconjmarkmarkdetnsubj:passauxadvclobjdetobjcasenmodpunctcasedetoblcasenmod:possnmodcasenmod:possnmodpunctrootWhenADVtheDETArabADJconquerorsNOUNbeheldVERBthisDETdeliciousADJvegaNOUN,PUNCTtheyPRONwereAUXlostVERBinADPadmirationNOUN;PUNCTforADPitPRONseemedVERBasSCONJifSCONJtheDETprophetNOUNhadAUXgivenVERBthemPRONaDETparadiseNOUNonADPearthNOUN,PUNCTasADPaDETrewardNOUNforADPtheirPRONservicesNOUNinADPhisPRONcauseNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhenwhenADVPronType=Int5 beheldadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 conquerorsdet
3ArabArabADJDegree=Pos4 conquerorsamod
4conquerorsconquerorNOUNNumber=Plur5 beheldnsubj
5beheldbeholdVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 lostadvcl
6thisthisDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem8 vegadet
7deliciousdeliciousADJDegree=Pos8 vegaamod
8vegavegaNOUNNumber=Sing5 beheldobj
9,,PUNCT_5 beheldpunct
10theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs12 lostnsubj
11werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 lostaux:pass
12lostloseVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
13ininADP_14 admirationcase
14admirationadmirationNOUNNumber=Sing12 lostobl
15;;PUNCT_18 seemedpunct
16forforADP_18 seemedcase
17ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs18 seemednsubj
18seemedseemVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 lostconj
19asasSCONJ_24 givenmark
20ififSCONJ_24 givenmark
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 prophetdet
22prophetprophetNOUNNumber=Sing24 givennsubj:pass
23hadhaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin24 givenaux
24givengiveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass18 seemedadvcl
25themtheyPRONCase=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs24 givenobj
26aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art27 paradisedet
27paradiseparadiseNOUNNumber=Sing24 givenobj
28ononADP_29 earthcase
29earthearthNOUNNumber=Sing27 paradisenmod
30,,PUNCT_33 rewardpunct
31asasADP_33 rewardcase
32aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art33 rewarddet
33rewardrewardNOUNNumber=Sing18 seemedobl
34forforADP_36 servicescase
35theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs36 servicesnmod:poss
36servicesserviceNOUNNumber=Plur33 rewardnmod
37ininADP_39 causecase
38hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs39 causenmod:poss
39causecauseNOUNNumber=Sing36 servicesnmod
40..PUNCT_12 lostpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1beholdpastthe Arab conquerorsthis delicious vegavn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer vega=Stimulus
2losepast · passiveconquerors = conqueroradmirationvn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
3seempastitas a reward for conquerors's services in Granada's causevn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
4givepast · perfect · passivethe prophetconquerors = conqueror obj; a paradise objtree rules
5serviceconquerors = conquerorGranada's causenom service «act transitive»: poss=agent in=place
6causeGranadanom cause «event transitive»: poss=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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