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title: He delivered, in round terms, the message of the Prince Ataulpho; up… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: He delivered, in round terms, the message of the Prince Ataulpho; upbraiding the Arab general with his wanton invasion of the land, and summoning him to surrender his army, or to expect no mercy. Who acts: Theodomir. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter XI.,
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XI., sentence 14

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He delivered, in round terms, the message of the Prince Ataulpho; upbraiding the Arab general with his wanton invasion of the land, and summoning him to surrender his army, or to expect no mercy.

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**Who acts:** Theodomir · **What happens:** deliver, upbraid, summon, surrender, expect, invade · **To what, where:** round terms, Arab general, Theodomir, army, mercy, land

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter XI.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Theodomir), 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:pg77685:12:14
# text = He delivered, in round terms, the message of the Prince Ataulpho; upbraiding the Arab general with his wanton invasion of the land, and summoning him to surrender his army, or to expect no mercy.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	delivered	deliver	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	terms	term	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	message	message	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod:desc	_	_
13	Ataulpho	Ataulpho	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	upbraiding	upbraid	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	Arab	Arab	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	general	general	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	_
19	with	with	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
21	wanton	wanton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	invasion	invasion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
28	summoning	summon	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	15	conj	_	_
29	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	obj	_	_
30	to	to	PART	TO	_	31	mark	_	_
31	surrender	surrender	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	advcl	_	_
32	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
35	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
36	to	to	PART	TO	_	37	mark	_	_
37	expect	expect	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
38	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	39	det	_	_
39	mercy	mercy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **deliver** | past | Theodomir |  |  | round terms  the message of the Ataulpho  Prince |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **upbraid** | gerund | Theodomir *not said here* | the Arab general |  |  |  | with Theodomir's wanton invasion of the land | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent general=Theme |
| 3 | **summon** | gerund | Theodomir *not said here* |  | Theodomir |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
| 4 | **surrender** | to-infinitive | Theodomir *not said here* | Theodomir's army |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent army=Theme |
| 5 | **expect** | to-infinitive |  | no mercy |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mercy=Theme |
| 6 | **invade** |  | Theodomir | the land |  |  |  |  | nom invasion «act transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

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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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