After the recovery of Jerusalem in 1099, it took four hundred years of sieges and battles, treaties, betrayals, and yet more battles, before Christian kings and warlords succeeded in subduing the Moors.
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(ROOT (S (PP (IN After) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN recovery)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (NNP Jerusalem)) (PP (IN in) (NP (CD 1099))))))) (, ,) (NP (PRP it)) (VP (VBD took) (NP (NP (QP (CD four) (CD hundred)) (NNS years)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (NNS sieges) (CC and) (NNS battles)) (, ,) (NP (NNS treaties)) (, ,) (NP (NNS betrayals)) (, ,) (CC and) (ADVP (RB yet)) (NP (JJR more) (NNS battles))))) (, ,) (PP (IN before) (NP (NP (JJ Christian) (NNS kings) (CC and) (NNS warlords)) (VP (VBN succeeded) (PP (IN in) (S (VP (VBG subduing) (NP (DT the) (NNPS Moors))))))))) (. .)))
The Moors were able to subdue the Christian kings after just a decade of war.
( ( The Moors ) ( ( were ( able ( to ( ( subdue ( the ( Christian kings ) ) ) ( after ( ( just ( a decade ) ) ( of war ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (DT The) (NNPS Moors)) (VP (VBD were) (ADJP (JJ able) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB subdue) (NP (DT the) (JJ Christian) (NNS kings)) (PP (IN after) (NP (NP (RB just) (DT a) (NN decade)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN war)))))))))) (. .)))