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title: Some of the clergy opposed themselves to the innovating spirit of th… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: Some of the clergy opposed themselves to the innovating spirit of the monarch, and endeavoured, from the pulpits, to rally the people to the pure doctrines of their faith; but they were deposed from their sacred office, and banished as seditious mischief-makers. Who acts: Some. A sentence of «Legend
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Ancient Inhabitants of Spain.—of the Misrule of Witiza the Wicked., sentence 35

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Some of the clergy opposed themselves to the innovating spirit of the monarch, and endeavoured, from the pulpits, to rally the people to the pure doctrines of their faith; but they were deposed from their sacred office, and banished as seditious mischief-makers.

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**Who acts:** Some · **What happens:** oppose, innovate, endeavour, rally, depose, banish · **To what, where:** clergy, pulpits, people, sacred office, faith

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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 (Some), 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:pg77685:2:35
# text = Some of the clergy opposed themselves to the innovating spirit of the monarch, and endeavoured, from the pulpits, to rally the people to the pure doctrines of their faith; but they were deposed from their sacred office, and banished as seditious mischief-makers.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	clergy	clergy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	opposed	oppose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	innovating	innovate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	amod	_	_
10	spirit	spirit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	monarch	monarch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	endeavoured	endeavour	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	from	from	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	pulpits	pulpit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
23	rally	rally	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	conj	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obj	_	_
26	to	to	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	pure	pure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	doctrines	doctrine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obl	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	32	nmod:poss	_	_
32	faith	faith	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	37	punct	_	_
34	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
35	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
36	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	aux:pass	_	_
37	deposed	depose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	parataxis	_	_
38	from	from	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
39	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
40	sacred	sacred	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	banished	banish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	37	conj	_	_
45	as	as	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
46	seditious	seditious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
47	mischief	mischief	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	47	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	makers	maker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oppose** | past | Some of the clergy | clergy |  |  |  | to the innovating spirit of the monarch | vn amalgamate-22.2-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient |
| 2 | **innovate** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **endeavour** | past |  | the pulpits |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **rally** | to-infinitive |  | the people |  |  |  | to the pure doctrines of clergy's faith | tree rules |
| 5 | **depose** | past · passive |  | clergy |  | clergy's sacred office |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Theme from office=Initial\_Location |
| 6 | **banish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | as seditious mischief makers | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **indoctrinate** |  |  | clergy's faith |  |  |  |  | nom doctrine «cognition transitive»: 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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