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title: The Gothic nobles were easily to be distinguished by the splendour o… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: The Gothic nobles were easily to be distinguished by the splendour of their arms; but the Prince Ataulpho was conspicuous above all the rest for the youthful grace and majesty of his appearance, and the bravery of his array. Who acts: splendour, Ataulpho. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Sp
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Battle of Calpe.—fate of Ataulpho., sentence 10

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The Gothic nobles were easily to be distinguished by the splendour of their arms; but the Prince Ataulpho was conspicuous above all the rest for the youthful grace and majesty of his appearance, and the bravery of his array.

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**Who acts:** splendour, Ataulpho · **What happens:** distinguish, be · **To what, where:** Gothic nobles, rest

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Battle of Calpe.—fate of Ataulpho.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (splendour, Ataulpho), 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:pg77685:13:10
# text = The Gothic nobles were easily to be distinguished by the splendour of their arms; but the Prince Ataulpho was conspicuous above all the rest for the youthful grace and majesty of his appearance, and the bravery of his array.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Gothic	gothic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	nobles	noble	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
5	easily	easily	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	distinguished	distinguish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	splendour	splendour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
16	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	Prince	Prince	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod:desc	_	_
19	Ataulpho	Ataulpho	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
20	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
21	conspicuous	conspicuous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
22	above	above	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
23	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	25	det:predet	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	_
26	for	for	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	youthful	youthful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	grace	grace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	majesty	majesty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	conj	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	bravery	bravery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	conj	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	array	array	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **distinguish** | past · passive | the splendour of nobles's arms | the Gothic nobles |  |  |  | easily *property* | vn distinguish-23.5-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Attribute subject=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | the Ataulpho  Prince |  |  | all rest for the youthful grace and majesty of Ataulpho's appearance |  | the bravery of Ataulpho's array *conj*; conspicuous *property* | tree rules |

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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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