Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Ben Nozier.—his Entrance Into Spain, and Capture of Carmona., sentence 26

While the Moslem army lay encamped before the place, it was joined by Magued the renegado and Count Julian the traitor, with one thousand horsemen; most of them recreant Christians, base betrayers of their country, and more savage in their warfare than the Arabs of the desert.

Who acts: Magued · What happens: encamp, join, count · To what, where: Moslem army, army, Julian

This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Muza Ben Nozier.—his Entrance Into Spain, and Capture of Carmona.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Magued), 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	While	while	SCONJ	_	6 encamped	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 army	det
3	Moslem	Moslem	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 army	amod
4	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 encamped	nsubj:pass
5	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 encamped	aux:pass
6	encamped	encamp	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 joined	advcl
7	before	before	ADP	_	9 place	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 place	det
9	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 encamped	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 encamped	punct
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 joined	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 joined	aux:pass
13	joined	join	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 Magued	case
15	Magued	Magued	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 joined	obl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 renegado	det
17	renegado	renegado	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 joined	obj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 Count	cc
19	Count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 joined	conj
20	Julian	Julian	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 Count	obj
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 traitor	det
22	traitor	traitor	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 Count	obj
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 horsemen	punct
24	with	with	ADP	_	27 horsemen	case
25	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	26 thousand	compound
26	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	27 horsemen	nummod
27	horsemen	horseman	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 Count	obl
28	;	;	PUNCT	_	43 savage	punct
29	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	33 Christians	nsubj
30	of	of	ADP	_	31 them	case
31	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 most	nmod
32	recreant	recreant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 Christians	amod
33	Christians	Christian	PROPN	Number=Plur	43 savage	nsubj
34	,	,	PUNCT	_	36 betrayers	punct
35	base	base	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 betrayers	compound
36	betrayers	betrayer	NOUN	Number=Plur	33 Christians	nmod
37	of	of	ADP	_	39 country	case
38	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	39 country	nmod:poss
39	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	36 betrayers	nmod
40	,	,	PUNCT	_	43 savage	punct
41	and	and	CCONJ	_	43 savage	cc
42	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	43 savage	amod
43	savage	savage	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 joined	parataxis
44	in	in	ADP	_	46 warfare	case
45	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	46 warfare	nmod:poss
46	warfare	warfare	NOUN	Number=Sing	43 savage	obl
47	than	than	ADP	_	49 Arabs	case
48	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	49 Arabs	det
49	Arabs	Arab	PROPN	Number=Plur	43 savage	obl
50	of	of	ADP	_	52 desert	case
51	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	52 desert	det
52	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	49 Arabs	nmod
53	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 joined	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	encamp	past · passive		the Moslem army	before the place		tree rules
2	join	past · passive	Magued	army		the renegado obj	tree rules
3	count	infinitive	Magued not said here	Julian		with thousand horsemen; the traitor obj	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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Pragmatics

Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Ben Nozier.—his Entrance Into Spain, and Capture of Carmona., sentence 26