The city was founded by the Spanish conquistadors in the 1540s on top of a centuries-old Maya city called T'ho.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	2:det	Discourse=joint-other_m:16->8:2|Entity=(1-place-giv:inact-cf1-2-coref-Mérida%2C_Yucatán
2	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	4:nsubj:pass	Entity=1)
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	4:aux:pass	_
4	founded	found	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	0:root	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	8:case	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	8:det	Entity=(25-person-acc:com-cf2-3-sgl
7	Spanish	Spanish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	8:amod	_
8	conquistadors	conquistador	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl:agent	4:obl:agent	Entity=25)
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	11:case	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	11:det	Entity=(26-time-acc:com-cf3-2-sgl|XML=<date from:::"1540-01-01" to:::"1549-12-31">
11	1540s	1540s	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	8:nmod:in	Entity=26)|XML=</date>
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	13:case	_
13	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	4:obl:on	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	20:case	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	20:det	Entity=(27-place-new-cf6-6-sgl
16	centuries	century	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	compound	18:compound	SpaceAfter=No|XML=<w>
17	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	16:punct	SpaceAfter=No
18	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	20:amod	XML=</w>
19	Maya	Maya	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	compound	20:compound	Entity=(28-organization-acc:com-cf4-1-coref-Maya_civilization)
20	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	13:nmod:of	_
21	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	20	acl	20:acl	Discourse=elaboration-attribute:17->16:0
22	T'ho	T'ho	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	obj	21:obj	Entity=(29-abstract-new-cf5-1-sgl-Ti'ho)27)|SpaceAfter=No|XML=<ref></ref>
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	4:punct	_
