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title: Throwing by, then, all the trappings of his late slothful and volupt… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: Throwing by, then, all the trappings of his late slothful and voluptuous life, and arming himself for warlike action, he departed from Toledo at the head of his guard, composed of the flower of the youthful nobility. Who acts: Roderick. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington 
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Terror of the Country.—roderick Rouses Himself to Arms., sentence 20

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Throwing by, then, all the trappings of his late slothful and voluptuous life, and arming himself for warlike action, he departed from Toledo at the head of his guard, composed of the flower of the youthful nobility.

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**Who acts:** Roderick · **What happens:** throw, arm, depart, compose · **To what, where:** trappings, Roderick, Toledo, guard

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Terror of the Country.—roderick Rouses Himself to Arms.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Roderick), 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:pg77685:14:20
# text = Throwing by, then, all the trappings of his late slothful and voluptuous life, and arming himself for warlike action, he departed from Toledo at the head of his guard, composed of the flower of the youthful nobility.
1	Throwing	throw	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	25	advcl	_	_
2	by	by	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
6	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	8	det:predet	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	trappings	trapping	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
11	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
12	slothful	slothful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	voluptuous	voluptuous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	_
15	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	arming	arm	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
19	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	18	obj	_	_
20	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	warlike	warlike	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
24	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
25	departed	depart	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
26	from	from	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	Toledo	Toledo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
28	at	at	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
35	composed	compose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	33	acl	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
41	youthful	youthful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	nobility	nobility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	25	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw** | gerund | Roderick *not said here* | all trappings of Roderick's late slothful life |  |  |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent trapping=Theme by then=Destination |
| 2 | **arm** | gerund | Roderick *not said here* | Roderick |  |  |  | for warlike action | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent himself=Recipient |
| 3 | **depart** | past | Roderick |  |  | Toledo |  | at the head of Roderick's guard | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from toledo=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **compose** | participle |  | Roderick's guard *not said here* |  |  |  | of the flower of the youthful nobility | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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