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title: The church of Toledo continued refractory; the archbishop Sindaredo,… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: The church of Toledo continued refractory; the archbishop Sindaredo, it is true, was disposed to accommodate himself to the corruptions of the times, but the prebendaries battled intrepidly against the new laws of the monarch, and stood manfully in defence of their vows of chastity. Who acts: church
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Ancient Inhabitants of Spain.—of the Misrule of Witiza the Wicked., sentence 36

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The church of Toledo continued refractory; the archbishop Sindaredo, it is true, was disposed to accommodate himself to the corruptions of the times, but the prebendaries battled intrepidly against the new laws of the monarch, and stood manfully in defence of their vows of chastity.

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**Who acts:** church, prebendaries · **What happens:** continue, be, dispose, accommodate, battle, stand · **To what, where:** refractory, archbishop Sindaredo, Sindaredo, corruptions, defence, vows

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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 (church, prebendaries), 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:pg77685:2:36
# text = The church of Toledo continued refractory; the archbishop Sindaredo, it is true, was disposed to accommodate himself to the corruptions of the times, but the prebendaries battled intrepidly against the new laws of the monarch, and stood manfully in defence of their vows of chastity.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Toledo	Toledo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	continued	continue	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	refractory	refractory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	archbishop	archbishop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	Sindaredo	Sindaredo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	disposed	dispose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl:relcl	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	accommodate	accommodate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	xcomp	_	_
20	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	19	obj	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	corruptions	corruption	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
28	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	prebendaries	prebendary	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	nsubj	_	_
31	battled	battle	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
32	intrepidly	intrepidly	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	_	_
33	against	against	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
35	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	_	_
36	laws	law	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	31	obl	_	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	monarch	monarch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
42	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
43	manfully	manfully	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	_
44	in	in	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
45	defence	defence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	obl	_	_
46	of	of	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
47	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	48	nmod:poss	_	_
48	vows	vow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	nmod	_	_
49	of	of	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	chastity	chastity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **continue** | past | the church of Toledo | refractory |  |  |  | archbishop Sindaredo *obl* | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent refractory=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | church |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **dispose** | past · passive |  | archbishop Sindaredo *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **accommodate** | to-infinitive |  | Sindaredo |  |  |  | to the corruptions of the times *goal* | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient to corruption=Goal |
| 5 | **battle** | past | the prebendaries |  |  |  |  | against the new laws of the monarch; intrepidly *property* | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **stand** | past | the church of Toledo *not said here* |  |  | defence of prebendaries's vows of chastity |  | manfully *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in defence=Location |
| 7 | **defend** |  |  | prebendaries's vows of chastity |  |  |  |  | nom defence «process transitive»: of=patient |
| 8 | **vow** |  | prebendaries *= prebendary* | chastity |  |  |  |  | nom vow «communication transitive»: poss=agent 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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