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description: He then prepared in all haste to cross over into Spain and assume the command of the conquering army; and he wrote a letter in advance to interrupt Taric in the midst of his career. Who acts: battle. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter I., with its dependen
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter I., sentence 25

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He then prepared in all haste to cross over into Spain and assume the command of the conquering army; and he wrote a letter in advance to interrupt Taric in the midst of his career.

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**Who acts:** battle · **What happens:** prepare, cross over, assume, conquer, write, interrupt · **To what, where:** haste, Spain, command, letter, advance, Taric · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter I.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (battle), 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:pg77685:22:25
# text = He then prepared in all haste to cross over into Spain and assume the command of the conquering army; and he wrote a letter in advance to interrupt Taric in the midst of his career.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	3	advmod	_	_
3	prepared	prepare	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	haste	haste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	over	over	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	assume	assume	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	command	command	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	conquering	conquer	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	19	amod	_	_
19	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
26	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	advance	advance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
28	to	to	PART	TO	_	29	mark	_	_
29	interrupt	interrupt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	advcl	_	_
30	Taric	Taric	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	obj	_	_
31	in	in	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	midst	midst	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
36	career	career	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prepare** | past | battle |  |  | all haste | then |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **cross over** | to-infinitive | battle *not said here* |  |  | Spain |  | over *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into spain=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **assume** | infinitive | battle *not said here* | the command of the conquering army |  |  |  |  | vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Theme |
| 4 | **conquer** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **write** | past | battle | a letter |  | advance |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme in advance=Destination |
| 6 | **interrupt** | to-infinitive | battle *not said here* | Taric |  | the midst of battle's career |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **command** |  |  | the conquering army |  |  |  |  | nom command «communication 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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