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title: The learned Archbishop Rodrigo, who has recorded the events of this… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: The learned Archbishop Rodrigo, who has recorded the events of this disastrous field, affirms that Roderick fell beneath the vengeful blade of the traitor Julian, and thus expiated with his blood his crime against the hapless Florinda; but the archbishop stands alone in his record of the fact. Who a
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Field of Battle After the Defeat.—the Fate of Roderick., sentence 21

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The learned Archbishop Rodrigo, who has recorded the events of this disastrous field, affirms that Roderick fell beneath the vengeful blade of the traitor Julian, and thus expiated with his blood his crime against the hapless Florinda; but the archbishop stands alone in his record of the fact.

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**Who acts:** learned Archbishop Rodrigo, Roderick, archbishop · **What happens:** learn, record, affirm, fall, expiate, stand · **To what, where:** events, vengeful blade, crime, record, fact

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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 (learned Archbishop Rodrigo, Roderick, archbishop), 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:pg77685:19:21
# text = The learned Archbishop Rodrigo, who has recorded the events of this disastrous field, affirms that Roderick fell beneath the vengeful blade of the traitor Julian, and thus expiated with his blood his crime against the hapless Florinda; but the archbishop stands alone in his record of the fact.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	learned	learn	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
3	Archbishop	Archbishop	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	Rodrigo	Rodrigo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	recorded	record	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	acl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	det	_	_
13	disastrous	disastrous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	field	field	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
16	affirms	affirm	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	19	mark	_	_
18	Roderick	Roderick	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	ccomp	_	_
20	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	vengeful	vengeful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	blade	blade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	traitor	traitor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
27	Julian	Julian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
30	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
31	expiated	expiate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	conj	_	_
32	with	with	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	_
35	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
36	crime	crime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obj	_	_
37	against	against	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
39	hapless	hapless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	Florinda	Florinda	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
42	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	archbishop	archbishop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nsubj	_	_
45	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
46	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	_
47	in	in	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
49	record	record	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	52	case	_	_
51	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	fact	fact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **learn** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **record** | present · perfect | the learned Archbishop Rodrigo | the events of this disastrous field |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent event=Theme |
| 3 | **affirm** | present | the learned Archbishop Rodrigo |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 4 | **fall** | past | Roderick |  |  | the vengeful blade of the traitor |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme beneath blade=Location |
| 5 | **expiate** | participle | Roderick *not said here* | Roderick's crime |  |  |  | with Roderick's blood; against the hapless Florinda; thus *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **stand** | present | the archbishop |  |  | Roderick's record of the fact |  | alone *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in record=Location |
| 7 | **incriminate** |  | Roderick |  |  |  |  | against the hapless Florinda | nom crime «act transitive»: poss=agent against=obl |
| 8 | **record** |  | Roderick | the fact |  |  |  |  | nom record «communication transitive»: poss=agent 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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