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title: Such was the state of Spain when, in the year of Redemption 701, Wit… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: Such was the state of Spain when, in the year of Redemption 701, Witiza was elected to the Gothic throne. Who acts: Such. 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., with its dependency tree and the
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Ancient Inhabitants of Spain.—of the Misrule of Witiza the Wicked., sentence 20

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Such was the state of Spain when, in the year of Redemption 701, Witiza was elected to the Gothic throne.

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**Who acts:** Such · **What happens:** be, elect · **To what, where:** state, Witiza

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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 (Such), 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:pg77685:2:20
# text = Such was the state of Spain when, in the year of Redemption 701, Witiza was elected to the Gothic throne.
1	Such	Such	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Redemption	redemption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	701	701	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	Witiza	Witiza	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nsubj:pass	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	aux:pass	_	_
18	elected	elect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	Gothic	gothic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Such | the state |  |  | year | of Spain | tree rules |
| 2 | **elect** | past · passive |  | Witiza |  |  |  | to the Gothic throne | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme to throne=Attribute |

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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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