--- title: When Count Julian had placed his family in security in Ceuta, surrou… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: When Count Julian had placed his family in security in Ceuta, surrounded by soldiery devoted to his fortunes, he took with him a few confidential followers, and departed in secret for the camp of the Arabian Emir, Muza ben Nosier. Who acts: JULIAN. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (JULIAN), 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 {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg77685:10:2 # text = When Count Julian had placed his family in security in Ceuta, surrounded by soldiery devoted to his fortunes, he took with him a few confidential followers, and departed in secret for the camp of the Arabian Emir, Muza ben Nosier. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 Count count VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 3 Julian Julian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 4 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 placed place VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 security security NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Ceuta Ceuta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 14 by by ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 soldiery soldiery NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:agent _ _ 16 devoted devote VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 15 acl _ _ 17 to to ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 fortunes fortune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 22 took take VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 23 with with ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 obl _ _ 25 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 26 few few ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 27 confidential confidential ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 28 amod _ _ 28 followers follower NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 31 punct _ _ 30 and and CCONJ CC _ 31 cc _ _ 31 departed depart VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 22 conj _ _ 32 in in ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 secret secret NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 camp camp NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 obl _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 39 Arabian Arabian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 40 amod _ _ 40 Emir Emir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 Muza Muza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 compound _ _ 43 ben Ben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 conj _ _ 44 Nosier Nosier PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **place** | past · perfect · passive | | Julian | | security in Ceuta | | JULIAN's family *obj* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme family=Destination | | 3 | **surround** | participle | | security in Ceuta *not said here* | | | | soldiery *obl:agent* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **devote** | participle | | soldiery *not said here* | | | | to JULIAN's fortunes *goal* | vn dedicate-79 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent to fortune=Goal | | 5 | **take** | past | JULIAN | a few confidential followers | | | | with Ceuta | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent follower=Theme | | 6 | **depart** | participle | JULIAN *not said here* | | | secret | | for the camp of the Arabian Emir and Muza ben | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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. - ← previous: [sentence 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/10/1/) - next →: [sentence 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/10/3/) - ↑ back to [Chapter IX.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/10/)