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title: When these ceremonies were concluded, he besought the archbishop to… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: When these ceremonies were concluded, he besought the archbishop to depart forthwith for Cordova, there to await the issue of the battle, and to be ready to bring forward reinforcements and supplies. Who acts: eucharist. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Last Day
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Last Day of the Battle., sentence 11

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When these ceremonies were concluded, he besought the archbishop to depart forthwith for Cordova, there to await the issue of the battle, and to be ready to bring forward reinforcements and supplies.

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**Who acts:** eucharist · **What happens:** conclude, beseech, depart, await, be, bring · **To what, where:** ceremonies, archbishop, issue, forward reinforcements, battle

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Last Day of the Battle.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (eucharist), 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:pg77685:18:11
# text = When these ceremonies were concluded, he besought the archbishop to depart forthwith for Cordova, there to await the issue of the battle, and to be ready to bring forward reinforcements and supplies.
1	When	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	5	mark	_	_
2	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	ceremonies	ceremony	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	concluded	conclude	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	besought	beseech	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	archbishop	archbishop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	depart	depart	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	_
13	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	Cordova	Cordova	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	19	expl	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	await	await	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	issue	issue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
27	to	to	PART	TO	_	29	mark	_	_
28	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	cop	_	_
29	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	conj	_	_
30	to	to	PART	TO	_	31	mark	_	_
31	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	xcomp	_	_
32	forward	forward	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	reinforcements	reinforcement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	obj	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
35	supplies	supplies	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	33	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conclude** | past · passive |  | this ceremonies |  |  |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **beseech** | past | eucharist | the archbishop |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **depart** | to-infinitive | eucharist *not said here* | the archbishop *not said here* |  |  |  | forthwith *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **await** | to-infinitive | eucharist *not said here* | the issue of the battle |  | there |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **is** | to-infinitive | eucharist *not said here* |  |  |  |  | ready *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **bring** | to-infinitive | eucharist *not said here* | forward reinforcements and supplies |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent reinforcement=Theme |
| 7 | **issue** |  |  | the battle |  |  |  |  | nom issue «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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