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title: A diligent search was accordingly made in every direction, but for a… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: A diligent search was accordingly made in every direction, but for a long time in vain; at length a soldier brought to Taric the head of a Christian warrior, on which was a cap decorated with feathers and precious stones. Who acts: soldier. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washing
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Field of Battle After the Defeat.—the Fate of Roderick., sentence 16

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A diligent search was accordingly made in every direction, but for a long time in vain; at length a soldier brought to Taric the head of a Christian warrior, on which was a cap decorated with feathers and precious stones.

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**Who acts:** soldier · **What happens:** make, bring, be, decorate · **To what, where:** diligent search, direction, head, Taric, cap

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, The Field of Battle After the Defeat.—the Fate of Roderick.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (soldier), 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:pg77685:19:16
# text = A diligent search was accordingly made in every direction, but for a long time in vain; at length a soldier brought to Taric the head of a Christian warrior, on which was a cap decorated with feathers and precious stones.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	diligent	diligent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	search	search	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	accordingly	accordingly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	direction	direction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	vain	vain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	length	length	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	appos	_	_
23	brought	bring	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	22	acl	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	Taric	Taric	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
29	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
30	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	warrior	warrior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
33	on	on	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
34	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	37	obl	_	_
35	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	cop	_	_
36	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	cap	cap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	appos	_	_
38	decorated	decorate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	37	acl	_	_
39	with	with	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	feathers	feather	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	obl	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
42	precious	precious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past · passive |  | a diligent search |  | every direction |  | at length; accordingly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **bring** | participle | a soldier *not said here* | the head of a Christian warrior | Taric |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent head=Theme to taric=Destination |
| 3 | **is a** | past |  | a cap |  | the head of a Christian warrior |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **decorate** | participle |  | a cap *not said here* |  |  |  | with feathers and precious stones | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with feather=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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