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title: If fallen in battle, and I knew where his bones were laid, whether b… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: If fallen in battle, and I knew where his bones were laid, whether bleaching on the plains of Xeres, or buried in the waters of the Guadalete, I would seek them out and enshrine them as the relics of a sainted patriot. Who acts: I. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irvin
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Meeting Between the Patriot Pelistes and the Traitor Julian., sentence 18

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If fallen in battle, and I knew where his bones were laid, whether bleaching on the plains of Xeres, or buried in the waters of the Guadalete, I would seek them out and enshrine them as the relics of a sainted patriot.

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**Who acts:** I · **What happens:** fall, know, lay, bleach, bury, seek out · **To what, where:** battle, bones, plains, waters

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Meeting Between the Patriot Pelistes and the Traitor Julian.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (I), 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:pg77685:26:18
# text = If fallen in battle, and I knew where his bones were laid, whether bleaching on the plains of Xeres, or buried in the waters of the Guadalete, I would seek them out and enshrine them as the relics of a sainted patriot.
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	fallen	fall	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	34	advcl	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	battle	battle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	knew	know	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	13	advmod	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	bones	bone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	laid	lay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	bleaching	bleach	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	conj	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	plains	plain	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Xeres	Xeres	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	buried	bury	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	19	acl	_	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	waters	water	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obl	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	Guadalete	Guadalete	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
32	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	34	nsubj	_	_
33	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	34	aux	_	_
34	seek	seek	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
35	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	34	obj	_	_
36	out	out	ADP	RP	_	34	compound:prt	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	_	_
38	enshrine	enshrine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	34	conj	_	_
39	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	38	obj	_	_
40	as	as	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	relics	relic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	obl	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
44	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
45	sainted	saint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	46	amod	_	_
46	patriot	patriot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	34	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | I *not said here* |  |  | battle |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in battle=Location |
| 2 | **know** | past | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **lay** | past · passive |  | man's bones |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
| 4 | **bleach** | gerund |  |  |  | the plains of Xeres |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **bury** | participle |  | the plains of Xeres *not said here* |  | the waters of the Guadalete |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in water=Destination |
| 6 | **seek out** | would | I | bones *= bone* |  |  |  |  | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 7 | **enshrine** | infinitive | I *not said here* | bones *= bone* |  |  |  | as the relics of a sainted patriot | tree rules |
| 8 | **saint** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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