Legends of the conquest of Spain, Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”, sentence 36

All this part of the country was defended by the veteran Theodomir, who, by skilful management, had saved a remnant of his forces after the defeat on the banks of the Guadalete.

Who acts: veteran · What happens: defend, save · To what, where: part, remnant

This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (veteran), 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	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 part	det:predet
2	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 part	det
3	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 defended	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 country	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 country	det
6	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 part	nmod
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 defended	aux:pass
8	defended	defend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 veteran	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 veteran	det
11	veteran	veteran	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 defended	obl
12	Theodomir	Theodomir	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 veteran	appos
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 management	punct
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 management	nsubj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 management	punct
16	by	by	ADP	_	18 management	case
17	skilful	skilful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 management	amod
18	management	management	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 Theodomir	appos
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 saved	punct
20	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 saved	aux
21	saved	save	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 defended	parataxis
22	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 remnant	det
23	remnant	remnant	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 saved	obj
24	of	of	ADP	_	26 forces	case
25	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 forces	nmod:poss
26	forces	force	NOUN	Number=Plur	23 remnant	nmod
27	after	after	ADP	_	29 defeat	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 defeat	det
29	defeat	defeat	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 forces	nmod
30	on	on	ADP	_	32 banks	case
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 banks	det
32	banks	bank	NOUN	Number=Plur	29 defeat	nmod
33	of	of	ADP	_	35 Guadalete	case
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 Guadalete	det
35	Guadalete	Guadalete	PROPN	Number=Sing	32 banks	nmod
36	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 defended	punct

Pragmatics

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	defend	past · passive	the veteran	all part of the country					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary
2	save	past · perfect		a remnant of son's forces after the defeat on the banks of the Guadalete					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remnant=Theme

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, Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”, sentence 36

The tree

Pragmatics

Legends of the conquest of Spain, Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”, sentence 36