Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VI., sentence 41

A subsequent expedition was led by Taric against Guadalaxara, which surrendered without resistance: he moreover captured the city of Medina Celi, where he found an inestimable table which had formed a part of the spoil taken at Rome by Alaric, at the time that the sacred city was conquered by the Goths.

Who acts: Guadalaxara, Taric, Goths · What happens: lead, surrender, capture, find, form, take · To what, where: subsequent expedition, city, inestimable table, spoil, Rome, sacred city

This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter VI.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Guadalaxara, Taric, Goths), 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	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 expedition	det
2	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 expedition	amod
3	expedition	expedition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 led	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 led	aux:pass
5	led	lead	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 Taric	case
7	Taric	Taric	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 led	obl
8	against	against	ADP	_	9 Guadalaxara	case
9	Guadalaxara	Guadalaxara	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 led	obl:agent
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 surrendered	punct
11	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 surrendered	nsubj
12	surrendered	surrender	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 Guadalaxara	acl:relcl
13	without	without	ADP	_	14 resistance	case
14	resistance	resistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 surrendered	obl
15	:	:	PUNCT	_	18 captured	punct
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 captured	nsubj
17	moreover	moreover	ADV	_	18 captured	advmod
18	captured	capture	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 led	parataxis
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 city	det
20	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 captured	obj
21	of	of	ADP	_	23 Celi	case
22	Medina	Medina	PROPN	Number=Sing	23 Celi	compound
23	Celi	Celi	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 city	nmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 found	punct
25	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	27 found	advmod
26	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 found	nsubj
27	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 captured	conj
28	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	30 table	det
29	inestimable	inestimable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 table	amod
30	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 found	obj
31	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	33 formed	nsubj:pass
32	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	33 formed	aux
33	formed	form	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	30 table	acl:relcl
34	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	35 part	det
35	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	33 formed	obj
36	of	of	ADP	_	38 spoil	case
37	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	38 spoil	det
38	spoil	spoil	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 part	nmod
39	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	38 spoil	acl
40	at	at	ADP	_	41 Rome	case
41	Rome	Rome	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 taken	obl
42	by	by	ADP	_	43 Alaric	case
43	Alaric	Alaric	PROPN	Number=Sing	39 taken	obl
44	,	,	PUNCT	_	47 time	punct
45	at	at	ADP	_	47 time	case
46	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	47 time	det
47	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 found	obl:unmarked
48	that	that	SCONJ	_	53 conquered	mark
49	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	51 city	det
50	sacred	sacred	ADJ	Degree=Pos	51 city	amod
51	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	53 conquered	nsubj
52	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	53 conquered	aux:pass
53	conquered	conquer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	47 time	acl:relcl
54	by	by	ADP	_	56 Goths	case
55	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	56 Goths	det
56	Goths	Goth	PROPN	Number=Plur	53 conquered	obl
57	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 led	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	past · passive	Guadalaxara	a subsequent expedition			by Taric	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme by taric=Destination
2	surrender	past	Guadalaxara				without resistance	vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	capture	past	Taric	the city of Medina Celi			moreover property	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Theme
4	find	past	Taric	a inestimable table		time		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Topic
5	form	past · perfect · passive		a inestimable table			a part of the spoil obj	tree rules
6	take	participle		the spoil not said here	Rome		by Alaric	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent at rome=Asset
7	conquer	past · passive	the Goths	the sacred city				vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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 VI., sentence 41

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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VI., sentence 41