--- title: He despatched missives to the Caliph Waled Almanzor, informing him o… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: He despatched missives to the Caliph Waled Almanzor, informing him of these new conquests, but taking the whole glory to himself, and making no mention of the services of Taric; or, at least, only mentioning him incidentally as a subordinate commander. Who acts: heart, Caliph. 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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 (heart, Caliph), 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:pg77685:22:23 # text = He despatched missives to the Caliph Waled Almanzor, informing him of these new conquests, but taking the whole glory to himself, and making no mention of the services of Taric; or, at least, only mentioning him incidentally as a subordinate commander. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 despatched despatch VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 missives missive NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 to to SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 Caliph Caliph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 Waled wale VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 advcl _ _ 8 Almanzor Almanzor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 informing inform VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 11 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 these this DET DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 14 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 15 amod _ _ 15 conquests conquest NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 but but CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 taking take VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 conj _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 glory glory NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 22 to to ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 making make VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 27 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 28 det _ _ 28 mention mention NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 services service NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 nmod _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Taric Taric PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 35 or or CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 37 at at ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 least least ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 only only ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 41 mentioning mention VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 42 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 obj _ _ 43 incidentally incidentally ADV RB _ 41 advmod _ _ 44 as as ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 45 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 46 subordinate subordinate NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 compound _ _ 47 commander commander NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **despatch** | past | heart | missives | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **wale** | past | the Caliph | Almanzor | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **inform** *speech: other* | gerund | the Caliph *not said here* | | heart | | | of this new conquests | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient of conquest=Topic | | 4 | **take** | gerund | the Caliph *not said here* | the whole glory | heart | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent glory=Theme to himself=Destination | | 5 | **make** | gerund | heart *not said here* | no mention of the services of Taric | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mention=Product | | 6 | **mention** *speech: other* | gerund | heart *not said here* | heart | | least | | as a subordinate commander; incidentally *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Topic | | 7 | **mention** | | | the services of Taric | | | | | nom mention «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **service** | | | Taric | | | | | nom service «act transitive»: of=patient | 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 22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/22/22/) - next →: [sentence 24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/22/24/) - ↑ back to [Chapter I.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/22/)