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title: Count Julian was ever loyal to his king, and foremost in his country… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: Count Julian was ever loyal to his king, and foremost in his country’s cause: were he living, he would be the first to put shield on neck and lance in rest, to clear the land of her invaders:—but thou art a hoary traitor! thy hands are stained with the royal blood of the Goths, and thou hast betraye
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Meeting Between the Patriot Pelistes and the Traitor Julian., sentence 35

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Count Julian was ever loyal to his king, and foremost in his country’s cause: were he living, he would be the first to put shield on neck and lance in rest, to clear the land of her invaders:—but thou art a hoary traitor! thy hands are stained with the royal blood of the Goths, and thou hast betrayed thy country and thy God.

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**Who acts:** you, Julian, country · **What happens:** count, be, live, put, clear, stain · **To what, where:** cause, shield, neck, land, hands, thou

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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 (you, Julian, country), 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:pg77685:26:35
# text = Count Julian was ever loyal to his king, and foremost in his country’s cause: were he living, he would be the first to put shield on neck and lance in rest, to clear the land of her invaders:—but thou art a hoary traitor! thy hands are stained with the royal blood of the Goths, and thou hast betrayed thy country and thy God.
1	Count	count	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	Julian	Julian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
5	loyal	loyal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	foremost	foremost	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	’s	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	20	punct	_	_
18	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	living	live	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
22	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	_	_
23	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	26	aux	_	_
24	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	cop	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	parataxis	_	_
27	to	to	PART	TO	_	28	mark	_	_
28	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	advcl	_	_
29	shield	shield	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	_
30	on	on	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
33	lance	lance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	conj	_	_
34	in	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	38	punct	_	_
37	to	to	PART	TO	_	38	mark	_	_
38	clear	clear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	28	conj	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obj	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	43	nmod:poss	_	_
43	invaders	invader	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	48	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	48	cc	_	_
47	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	48	nsubj	_	_
48	art	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
49	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	51	det	_	_
50	hoary	hoary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	51	amod	_	_
51	traitor	traitor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
52	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
53	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	54	nmod:poss	_	_
54	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	56	nsubj:pass	_	_
55	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	56	aux:pass	_	_
56	stained	stain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	_
57	with	with	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
58	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
59	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	60	amod	_	_
60	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	56	obl	_	_
61	of	of	ADP	IN	_	63	case	_	_
62	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	63	det	_	_
63	Goths	Goth	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	60	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
64	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	68	punct	_	_
65	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	68	cc	_	_
66	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	68	nsubj	_	_
67	hast	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	68	aux:pass	_	_
68	betrayed	betray	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
69	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	70	nmod:poss	_	_
70	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	68	obj	_	_
71	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	73	cc	_	_
72	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	73	nmod:poss	_	_
73	God	God	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	70	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
74	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | past | Julian |  |  |  | ever | to Julian's king; loyal *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | Julian *not said here* |  |  | Julian's country's cause |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **live** | past · progressive | Julian |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **is** | would | Julian |  |  |  |  | first *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **put** | to-infinitive | Julian *not said here* | shield |  | neck and lance |  | in rest | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent shield=Theme on neck=Destination |
| 7 | **clear** | to-infinitive | Julian *not said here* | the land of Count's invaders |  |  |  |  | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent land=Source |
| 8 | **stain** | present · passive |  | thy hands |  |  |  | with the royal blood of the Goths | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with blood=Theme |
| 9 | **betray** | present · passive |  | thou |  |  |  | thy country and thy God *obj* | tree rules |
| 10 | **cause** |  | Julian's country |  |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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