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title: The warrior, as he contemplated the supposed tomb of the once haught… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: The warrior, as he contemplated the supposed tomb of the once haughty Roderick, forgot all his faults and errors, and shed a soldier’s tear over his memory; but when his thoughts turned to Count Julian, his patriotic indignation broke forth, and with his dagger he inscribed a rude malediction on the
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, The Field of Battle After the Defeat.—the Fate of Roderick., sentence 39

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The warrior, as he contemplated the supposed tomb of the once haughty Roderick, forgot all his faults and errors, and shed a soldier’s tear over his memory; but when his thoughts turned to Count Julian, his patriotic indignation broke forth, and with his dagger he inscribed a rude malediction on the stone.

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**Who acts:** monarch, warrior, thoughts, patriotic indignation · **What happens:** contemplate, suppose, forget, shed, turn, count · **To what, where:** supposed tomb, faults, tear, memory, Julian, rude malediction

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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 (monarch, warrior, thoughts, patriotic indignation), 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:pg77685:19:39
# text = The warrior, as he contemplated the supposed tomb of the once haughty Roderick, forgot all his faults and errors, and shed a soldier’s tear over his memory; but when his thoughts turned to Count Julian, his patriotic indignation broke forth, and with his dagger he inscribed a rude malediction on the stone.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	warrior	warrior	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	contemplated	contemplate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	supposed	suppose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	tomb	tomb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	13	advmod	_	_
13	haughty	haughty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	Roderick	Roderick	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
16	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	19	det:predet	_	_
18	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	faults	fault	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	errors	error	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	shed	shed	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	soldier	soldier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	’s	's	PART	POS	_	26	case	_	_
28	tear	tear	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
29	over	over	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	_	_
31	memory	memory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
33	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
34	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	37	mark	_	_
35	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
36	thoughts	thought	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	nsubj	_	_
37	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	45	advcl	_	_
38	to	to	PART	TO	_	39	mark	_	_
39	Count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	xcomp	_	_
40	Julian	Julian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
42	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	44	nmod:poss	_	_
43	patriotic	patriotic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	44	amod	_	_
44	indignation	indignation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	nsubj	_	_
45	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	parataxis	_	_
46	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	53	cc	_	_
49	with	with	ADP	IN	_	51	case	_	_
50	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	51	nmod:poss	_	_
51	dagger	dagger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	_
52	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	53	nsubj	_	_
53	inscribed	inscribe	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
54	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	56	det	_	_
55	rude	rude	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	56	amod	_	_
56	malediction	malediction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obj	_	_
57	on	on	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
59	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
60	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contemplate** | past | monarch | the supposed tomb of the haughty Roderick |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **suppose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **forget** | past | the warrior | monarch's faults and errors |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **shed** | past | the warrior *not said here* | a soldier's tear |  | monarch's memory |  |  | vn substance\_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tear=Source |
| 5 | **turn** | past | monarch's thoughts |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **count** | to-infinitive | monarch's thoughts *not said here* | Julian |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent julian=Theme |
| 7 | **break** | past | monarch's patriotic indignation |  |  |  |  | forth *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 8 | **inscribe** | past | monarch | a rude malediction |  | the stone |  | with monarch's dagger | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent malediction=Theme on stone=Destination |
| 9 | **fault** |  | monarch |  |  |  |  |  | nom fault «act transitive»: poss=agent |
| 10 | **think** |  | monarch |  |  |  |  |  | nom thought «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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