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title: The bishop was smooth of tongue, and profound in his hypocrisy: his… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: The bishop was smooth of tongue, and profound in his hypocrisy: his pretended zeal and devotion, and the horror with which he spoke of the treachery of his kinsman, imposed upon the credulous spirit of the king, and he was readily admitted into his most secret council. Who acts: bishop, Roderick. A 
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Terror of the Country.—roderick Rouses Himself to Arms., sentence 24

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The bishop was smooth of tongue, and profound in his hypocrisy: his pretended zeal and devotion, and the horror with which he spoke of the treachery of his kinsman, imposed upon the credulous spirit of the king, and he was readily admitted into his most secret council.

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**Who acts:** bishop, Roderick · **What happens:** be, pretend, speak, impose, admit · **To what, where:** kinsman, Roderick, most secret council · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (bishop, 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:pg77685:14:24
# text = The bishop was smooth of tongue, and profound in his hypocrisy: his pretended zeal and devotion, and the horror with which he spoke of the treachery of his kinsman, imposed upon the credulous spirit of the king, and he was readily admitted into his most secret council.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bishop	bishop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	smooth	smooth	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	tongue	tongue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	profound	profound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	hypocrisy	hypocrisy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	pretended	pretend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
16	zeal	zeal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	devotion	devotion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	horror	horror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	appos	_	_
23	with	with	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	26	obl	_	_
25	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
26	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	acl:relcl	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	treachery	treachery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	kinsman	kinsman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
34	imposed	impose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	32	acl	_	_
35	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	credulous	credulous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	38	amod	_	_
38	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	obl	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
44	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	47	nsubj:pass	_	_
45	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	aux:pass	_	_
46	readily	readily	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
47	admitted	admit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
48	into	into	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
49	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
50	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	52	amod	_	_
51	secret	secret	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the bishop |  |  |  |  | of tongue; profound in Roderick's hypocrisy and Roderick's pretended zeal and devotion *parataxis*; smooth *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **pretend** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | Roderick |  |  |  |  | with the horror; of the treachery of Roderick's kinsman | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with which=Co-Agent |
| 4 | **impose** | participle |  | Roderick's kinsman *not said here* |  |  |  | upon the credulous spirit of the king | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **admit** *speech: other* | past · passive |  | Roderick |  | Roderick's most secret council |  | readily *property* | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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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