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title: [17] Here they again avowed their readiness to flock to his standard… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: [17] Here they again avowed their readiness to flock to his standard whenever it should be openly raised, and made known their various preparations for a rebellion. Who acts: galleys. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter IX., with its dependency tree and the
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter IX., sentence 34

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\[17\] Here they again avowed their readiness to flock to his standard whenever it should be openly raised, and made known their various preparations for a rebellion.

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**Who acts:** galleys · **What happens:** avow, flock, raise, make, know, prepare · **To what, where:** 17, readiness, known various preparations

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter IX.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (galleys), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = book:pg77685:10:34
# text = [17] Here they again avowed their readiness to flock to his standard whenever it should be openly raised, and made known their various preparations for a rebellion.
1	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	17	17	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	_
5	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	avowed	avow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	readiness	readiness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	flock	flock	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	standard	standard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	20	advmod	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
17	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
18	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	aux:pass	_	_
19	openly	openly	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	raised	raise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
24	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	27	amod	_	_
25	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
26	various	various	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	preparations	preparation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obj	_	_
28	for	for	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	rebellion	rebellion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avow** | past | galleys *= galley* | 17 |  |  | again | galleys's readiness *obj* | vn declare-29.4 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent readiness=Attribute |
| 2 | **flock** | to-infinitive | galleys *= galley* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to JULIAN's standard | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **raise** | should · passive |  | readiness |  |  |  | openly, whenever *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **make** | past | galleys *= galley* *not said here* | galleys's known various preparations |  |  |  | for a rebellion | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent preparation=Product for rebellion=Asset |
| 5 | **know** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 6 | **prepare** |  | galleys *= galley* |  |  |  |  | for a rebellion | nom preparation «act transitive»: poss=agent for=obl |

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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.

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**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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