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title: He was arrayed in robes of gold brocade; his sandals were embroidere… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: He was arrayed in robes of gold brocade; his sandals were embroidered with pearls and diamonds; he had a sceptre in his hand, and he wore a regal crown resplendent with inestimable jewels. Who acts: king. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Last Day of the Battle.,
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Last Day of the Battle., sentence 17

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He was arrayed in robes of gold brocade; his sandals were embroidered with pearls and diamonds; he had a sceptre in his hand, and he wore a regal crown resplendent with inestimable jewels.

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**Who acts:** king · **What happens:** array, embroider, have, wear · **To what, where:** king, robes, sandals, sceptre, hand, regal crown resplendent

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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 (king), 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:pg77685:18:17
# text = He was arrayed in robes of gold brocade; his sandals were embroidered with pearls and diamonds; he had a sceptre in his hand, and he wore a regal crown resplendent with inestimable jewels.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	arrayed	array	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	robes	robe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	brocade	brocade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	sandals	sandal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	embroidered	embroider	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	sceptre	sceptre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
23	in	in	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
28	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
29	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	parataxis	_	_
30	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
31	regal	regal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
32	crown	crown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	compound	_	_
33	resplendent	resplendent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	_
34	with	with	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	inestimable	inestimable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **array** | past · passive |  | king |  | robes of gold brocade |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **embroider** | past · passive |  | king's sandals |  |  |  | with pearls and diamonds | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with pearl=Theme |
| 3 | **have** | past | king | a sceptre |  | king's hand |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sceptre=Patient |
| 4 | **wear** | past | king | a regal crown resplendent |  |  |  | with inestimable jewels | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent resplendent=Source |

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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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