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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (crown, sceptre), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg77685:2:13 # text = The crown was elective, in a council of palatines, composed of the bishops and nobles: who, while they swore allegiance to the newly-made sovereign, bound him by a reciprocal oath to be faithful to his trust. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 crown crown NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 elective elective ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 palatines palatine NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 12 composed compose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 parataxis _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 bishops bishop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 nobles noble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 : : PUNCT : _ 23 punct _ _ 19 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 23 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 while while SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 swore swear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 24 allegiance allegiance NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 27 newly newly ADV RB _ 29 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 amod _ _ 30 sovereign sovereign NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 32 bound bound VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 conj _ _ 33 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 obj _ _ 34 by by ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 36 reciprocal reciprocal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ _ 37 oath oath NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 38 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 39 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 40 cop _ _ 40 faithful faithful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 32 ccomp _ _ 41 to to ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 trust trust NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 44 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the crown | | | a council of palatines | | elective *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **compose** | participle | | | | | | of the bishops and nobles | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **swear** | past | | allegiance | | | | to the made sovereign; who *nsubj*; nobles *= noble* *nsubj* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent allegiance=Eventuality | | 4 | **make** | participle | | | | | | newly *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 5 | **bound** | infinitive | | sceptre | | | | by a reciprocal oath | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location he=Theme | | 6 | **is** | to-infinitive | | | | | | to sceptre's trust; faithful *property* | tree rules | | 7 | **trust** | | sceptre | | | | | | nom trust «possession intransitive»: poss=agent | 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. **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. - ← previous: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/2/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/2/14/) - ↑ back to [Of the Ancient Inhabitants of Spain.—of the Misrule of Witiza the Wicked.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/2/)