--- title: The king was commander-in-chief of the armies; the whole patronage o… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: The king was commander-in-chief of the armies; the whole patronage of the kingdom was in his hands; he summoned and dissolved the national councils; he made and revoked laws according to his pleasure; and, having ecclesiastical supremacy, he exercised a sway even over the consciences of his subjects --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/2/16/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends of the conquest of Spain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/) / [Of the Ancient Inhabitants of Spain.—o…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/2/) / 16 # Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Ancient Inhabitants of Spain.—of the Misrule of Witiza the Wicked., sentence 16 The king was commander-in-chief of the armies; the whole patronage of the kingdom was in his hands; he summoned and dissolved the national councils; he made and revoked laws according to his pleasure; and, having ecclesiastical supremacy, he exercised a sway even over the consciences of his subjects. **Who acts:** king, power · **What happens:** be, summon, dissolve, make, revoke, accord · **To what, where:** chief, national councils, laws, ecclesiastical supremacy, sway, kingdom This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Of the Ancient Inhabitants of Spain.—of the Misrule of Witiza the Wicked.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (king, power), 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:pg77685:2:16 # text = The king was commander-in-chief of the armies; the whole patronage of the kingdom was in his hands; he summoned and dissolved the national councils; he made and revoked laws according to his pleasure; and, having ecclesiastical supremacy, he exercised a sway even over the consciences of his subjects. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 4 commander commander NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ SpaceAfter=No 7 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 armies army NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 patronage patronage NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 conj _ _ 16 of of ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 kingdom kingdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nmod _ _ 19 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 acl _ _ 20 in in ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 25 summoned summon VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 parataxis _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 dissolved dissolve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 national national ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 councils council NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 revoked revoke VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 conj _ _ 36 laws law NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obj _ _ 37 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 40 case _ _ 38 to to ADP IN _ 37 fixed _ _ 39 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 40 nmod:poss _ _ 40 pleasure pleasure NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ; ; PUNCT : _ 49 punct _ _ 42 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 43 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 44 having have VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 49 advcl _ _ 45 ecclesiastical ecclesiastical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 46 amod _ _ 46 supremacy supremacy NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 47 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 48 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 49 nsubj _ _ 49 exercised exercise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 50 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 51 det _ _ 51 sway sway NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obj _ _ 52 even even ADV RB _ 55 advmod _ _ 53 over over ADP IN _ 55 case _ _ 54 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 55 det _ _ 55 consciences conscience NOUN NNS Number=Plur 49 obj _ _ 56 of of ADP IN _ 58 case _ _ 57 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 58 nmod:poss _ _ 58 subjects subject NOUN NNS Number=Plur 55 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 59 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the king | | | chief and the whole patronage of the kingdom | | of the armies; commander *nsubj*; the whole patronage of the kingdom *conj* | tree rules | | 2 | **summon** | past | power | | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **dissolve** | participle | power *not said here* | the national councils | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent council=Patient | | 4 | **make** | past | power | | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **revoke** | past | power *not said here* | laws | | | | accord power's pleasure | tree rules | | 6 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **have** | gerund | power *not said here* | ecclesiastical supremacy | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent supremacy=Patient | | 8 | **exercise** | past | power | a sway | | | | the consciences of power's subjects *obj* | tree rules | | 9 | **patronage** | | | the kingdom | | | | | nom patronage «act transitive»: of=patient | | 10 | **please** | | power | | | | | | nom pleasure «feeling transitive»: 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 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/2/15/) - next →: [sentence 17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/2/17/) - ↑ 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/)