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title: “The event of this conflict,” said he, “is in the hand of God; but n… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: “The event of this conflict,” said he, “is in the hand of God; but never shall my sword return to its scabbard while an infidel invader remains within the land.” Who acts: event, infidel invader, my. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Skirmishing of the Armies.—pe
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Skirmishing of the Armies.—pelistes and His Son.—pelistes and the Bishop., sentence 40

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“The event of this conflict,” said he, “is in the hand of God; but never shall my sword return to its scabbard while an infidel invader remains within the land.”

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**Who acts:** event, infidel invader, my · **What happens:** say, be, remain, return · **To what, where:** sword return, hand · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Skirmishing of the Armies.—pelistes and His Son.—pelistes and the Bishop.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (event, infidel invader, my), 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:pg77685:16:40
# text = “The event of this conflict,” said he, “is in the hand of God; but never shall my sword return to its scabbard while an infidel invader remains within the land.”
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	event	event	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	conflict	conflict	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	ccomp	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
20	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
21	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	25	advmod	_	_
22	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
23	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
24	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	compound	_	_
25	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
26	to	to	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	scabbard	scabbard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
29	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	33	mark	_	_
30	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	infidel	infidel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	_
32	invader	invader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nsubj	_	_
33	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
34	within	within	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the event of this conflict | my sword return to return's scabbard |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  | the hand |  | of God | tree rules |
| 3 | **remain** *in a quote* | present | a infidel invader |  |  |  |  | within the land | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **return** *in a quote* |  | my |  |  |  |  | to return's scabbard | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl |

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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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