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title: A marvellous occurrence is recorded by the Arabian chroniclers as ha… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: A marvellous occurrence is recorded by the Arabian chroniclers as having taken place in the Christian camp; but discreet Spanish writers relate it with much modification, and consider it a stratagem of the wily Bishop Oppas, to sound the loyalty of the Christian cavaliers. Who acts: Arabian chronicl
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIV., sentence 10

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A marvellous occurrence is recorded by the Arabian chroniclers as having taken place in the Christian camp; but discreet Spanish writers relate it with much modification, and consider it a stratagem of the wily Bishop Oppas, to sound the loyalty of the Christian cavaliers.

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**Who acts:** Arabian chroniclers, discreet Spanish writers · **What happens:** record, have, take, relate, consider, sound · **To what, where:** marvellous occurrence, taken place, Christian camp, place, loyalty

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter XIV.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Arabian chroniclers, discreet Spanish writers), 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:pg77685:15:10
# text = A marvellous occurrence is recorded by the Arabian chroniclers as having taken place in the Christian camp; but discreet Spanish writers relate it with much modification, and consider it a stratagem of the wily Bishop Oppas, to sound the loyalty of the Christian cavaliers.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	marvellous	marvellous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	occurrence	occurrence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	Arabian	Arabian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	chroniclers	chronicler	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
10	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
12	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	camp	camp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
19	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
20	discreet	discreet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
21	Spanish	Spanish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	writers	writer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nsubj	_	_
23	relate	relate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
24	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	obj	_	_
25	with	with	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	modification	modification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	consider	consider	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	conj	_	_
31	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	obj	_	_
32	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	stratagem	stratagem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
36	wily	wily	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	Bishop	Bishop	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	_
38	Oppas	Oppas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
40	to	to	PART	TO	_	41	mark	_	_
41	sound	sound	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	conj	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obj	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
46	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	cavaliers	cavalier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **record** | present · passive | the Arabian chroniclers | a marvellous occurrence |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | gerund | the Arabian chroniclers *not said here* | taken place |  | the Christian camp |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Patient |
| 3 | **take** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **relate** | present | discreet Spanish writers | place |  |  |  | with much modification | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 5 | **consider** | infinitive | discreet Spanish writers *not said here* | place |  |  |  | a stratagem of the wily Bishop *obj* | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Theme stratagem=Attribute |
| 6 | **sound** | to-infinitive | discreet Spanish writers *not said here* | the loyalty of the Christian cavaliers |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location loyalty=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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