--- title: He brought with him his two nephews, Evan and Siseburto, the sons of… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: He brought with him his two nephews, Evan and Siseburto, the sons of the late king Witiza; and a great host of vassals and retainers, all well armed and appointed, for they had been furnished, by Count Julian, with a part of the arms sent by the king to Africa. Who acts: Roderick, Count. 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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 (Roderick, Count), 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:pg77685:14:23 # text = He brought with him his two nephews, Evan and Siseburto, the sons of the late king Witiza; and a great host of vassals and retainers, all well armed and appointed, for they had been furnished, by Count Julian, with a part of the arms sent by the king to Africa. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 7 nummod _ _ 7 nephews nephew NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 9 Evan Evan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 appos _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 Siseburto Siseburto PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 appos _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 17 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 19 Witiza Witiza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT : _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 23 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 24 amod _ _ 24 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 parataxis _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 26 vassals vassal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 24 nmod _ _ 27 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 retainers retainer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 26 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 29 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 30 all all ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 31 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 32 advmod _ _ 32 armed arm VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 parataxis _ _ 33 and and CCONJ CC _ 34 cc _ _ 34 appointed appoint VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 40 punct _ _ 36 for for SCONJ IN _ 40 mark _ _ 37 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 nsubj:pass _ _ 38 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 40 aux _ _ 39 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 40 aux:pass _ _ 40 furnished furnish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 34 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 41 , , PUNCT , _ 43 punct _ _ 42 by by ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 43 Count Count PROPN NNP Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 44 Julian Julian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 43 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 48 punct _ _ 46 with with ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 part part NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 48 nmod _ _ 52 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 51 acl _ _ 53 by by ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 obl _ _ 56 to to ADP IN _ 57 case _ _ 57 Africa Africa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 58 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past | Roderick | | Roderick's two nephews | | | with Julian; a great host of vassals and retainers *parataxis* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument nephew=Destination | | 2 | **arm** | participle | | | | | | all, well *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **appoint** | participle | | | | | | | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **furnish** | past · perfect · passive | Count | nephews *= nephew* | | | | with a part of the arms | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient with part=Theme | | 5 | **send** | participle | | the arms *not said here* | Africa | | | by the king | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to africa=Destination | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/14/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/14/24/) - ↑ back to [Terror of the Country.—roderick Rouses Himself to Arms.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/14/)