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title: His proposition was received with shouts by his loyal cavaliers; not… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: His proposition was received with shouts by his loyal cavaliers; not one of whom but was ready to lay down his life in the service of his commander. Who acts: city. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Expedition of Magued Against Cordova.—defence of the Patriot Pel
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Expedition of Magued Against Cordova.—defence of the Patriot Pelistes., sentence 38

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His proposition was received with shouts by his loyal cavaliers; not one of whom but was ready to lay down his life in the service of his commander.

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**Who acts:** city · **What happens:** receive, shout, be, lay down, propose, service · **To what, where:** proposition, life, service, commander

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Expedition of Magued Against Cordova.—defence of the Patriot Pelistes.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (city), 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:pg77685:24:38
# text = His proposition was received with shouts by his loyal cavaliers; not one of whom but was ready to lay down his life in the service of his commander.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	proposition	proposition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	received	receive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	shouts	shout	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	loyal	loyal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	cavaliers	cavalier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	conj	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nmod	_	_
16	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	conj	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	lay	lay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	xcomp	_	_
21	down	down	ADP	RP	_	20	compound:prt	_	_
22	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
24	in	in	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	commander	commander	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | past · passive |  | city's proposition |  |  |  | one *conj* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | present |  |  |  |  |  | by city's loyal cavaliers | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | ready *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **lay down** | to-infinitive |  | city's life |  | the service of city's commander |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent life=Theme in service=Destination |
| 5 | **propose** |  | city |  |  |  |  |  | nom proposition «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 6 | **service** |  |  | city's commander |  |  |  |  | nom service «act 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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