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title: The pilgrim ceased, and passed forth from the tent; certain of the c… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: The pilgrim ceased, and passed forth from the tent; certain of the cavaliers followed him to detain him, that they might converse further with him about these matters, but he was no where to be found. Who acts: pilgrim, cavaliers. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIV., sentence 23

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The pilgrim ceased, and passed forth from the tent; certain of the cavaliers followed him to detain him, that they might converse further with him about these matters, but he was no where to be found.

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**Who acts:** pilgrim, cavaliers · **What happens:** cease, pass, follow, detain, converse, find · **To what, where:** tent, pilgrim

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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 (pilgrim, cavaliers), 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:pg77685:15:23
# text = The pilgrim ceased, and passed forth from the tent; certain of the cavaliers followed him to detain him, that they might converse further with him about these matters, but he was no where to be found.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pilgrim	pilgrim	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ceased	cease	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
7	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tent	tent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
13	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	cavaliers	cavalier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
16	followed	follow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
17	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	detain	detain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	_
20	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
22	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
23	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
24	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
25	converse	converse	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	conj	_	_
26	further	further	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
27	with	with	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	obl	_	_
29	about	about	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	31	det	_	_
31	matters	matter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
33	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
34	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	40	nsubj	_	_
35	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	40	aux:pass	_	_
36	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	37	det	_	_
37	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	40	advmod	_	_
38	to	to	PART	TO	_	40	mark	_	_
39	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	40	aux:pass	_	_
40	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cease** | past | the pilgrim |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **pass** | participle | the pilgrim *not said here* |  |  | the tent |  | forth *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from tent=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **follow** | past | the cavaliers | pilgrim |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **detain** | to-infinitive | the cavaliers *not said here* | pilgrim |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
| 5 | **converse** *speech: other* | might | cavaliers *= cavalier* |  |  |  |  | with pilgrim; about this matters; further *property* | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.topic»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent about matter=Topic |
| 6 | **find** | past · passive |  | pilgrim |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

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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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