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Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Ben Nozier.—his Entrance Into Spain, and Capture of Carmona., sentence 36

The Arabs scoured the streets; a horrible massacre was commenced, in which none were spared but such of the females as were young and beautiful, and fitted to grace the harems of the conquerors.

Who acts: Arabs · What happens: scour, commence, spare, be, fit, grace · To what, where: streets, horrible massacre, none, harems

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 (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

detnsubjdetobjpunctdetamodnsubj:passaux:passconjpunctcaseoblnsubj:passaux:passparataxiscccasecasedetoblfixedcopconjccconjpunctccparataxismarkxcompdetobjcasedetnmodpunctrootTheDETArabsPROPNscouredVERBtheDETstreetsNOUN;PUNCTaDEThorribleADJmassacreNOUNwasAUXcommencedVERB,PUNCTinADPwhichPRONnonePRONwereAUXsparedVERBbutCCONJsuchADJofADPtheDETfemalesNOUNasADPwereAUXyoungADJandCCONJbeautifulADJ,PUNCTandCCONJfittedVERBtoPARTgraceVERBtheDETharemsNOUNofADPtheDETconquerorsNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 Arabsdet
2ArabsArabPROPNNumber=Plur3 scourednsubj
3scouredscourVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 streetsdet
5streetsstreetNOUNNumber=Plur3 scouredobj
6;;PUNCT_11 commencedpunct
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 massacredet
8horriblehorribleADJDegree=Pos9 massacreamod
9massacremassacreNOUNNumber=Sing11 commencednsubj:pass
10wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin11 commencedaux:pass
11commencedcommenceVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 scouredconj
12,,PUNCT_17 sparedpunct
13ininADP_14 whichcase
14whichwhichPRONPronType=Rel17 sparedobl
15nonenonePRONPronType=Neg17 sparednsubj:pass
16werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin17 sparedaux:pass
17sparedspareVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass11 commencedparataxis
18butbutCCONJ_25 youngcc
19suchsuchADJDegree=Pos ExtPos=ADP25 youngcase
20ofofADP_22 femalescase
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 femalesdet
22femalesfemaleNOUNNumber=Plur19 suchobl
23asasADP_19 suchfixed
24werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin25 youngcop
25youngyoungADJDegree=Pos17 sparedconj
26andandCCONJ_27 beautifulcc
27beautifulbeautifulADJDegree=Pos25 youngconj
28,,PUNCT_30 fittedpunct
29andandCCONJ_30 fittedcc
30fittedfitVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 scouredparataxis
31totoPART_32 gracemark
32gracegraceVERBVerbForm=Inf30 fittedxcomp
33thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art34 haremsdet
34haremsharemNOUNNumber=Plur32 graceobj
35ofofADP_37 conquerorscase
36thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art37 conquerorsdet
37conquerorsconquerorNOUNNumber=Plur34 haremsnmod
38..PUNCT_3 scouredpunct

Pragmatics

#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1scourpastthe Arabsthe streetsvn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent street=Source
2commencepast · passivea horrible massacrevn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
3sparepast · passivenonewhich oblvn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: subject=Asset
4ispastyoung propertytree rules
5betree rules
6fitparticipletree rules
7graceto-infinitivethe harems of the conquerorsvn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme harem=Destination

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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