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title: So saying, Pelistes turned his back upon the traitor, and went forth… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: So saying, Pelistes turned his back upon the traitor, and went forth from the banquet; leaving Count Julian overwhelmed with confusion, and an object of scorn to all the Moslem cavaliers. Who acts: Pelistes, object. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Meeting Betwe
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Meeting Between the Patriot Pelistes and the Traitor Julian., sentence 38

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So saying, Pelistes turned his back upon the traitor, and went forth from the banquet; leaving Count Julian overwhelmed with confusion, and an object of scorn to all the Moslem cavaliers.

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**Who acts:** Pelistes, object · **What happens:** say, turn, go, leave, count, overwhelm · **To what, where:** back, banquet, object, Julian · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Pelistes, object), 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:pg77685:26:38
# text = So saying, Pelistes turned his back upon the traitor, and went forth from the banquet; leaving Count Julian overwhelmed with confusion, and an object of scorn to all the Moslem cavaliers.
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Pelistes	Pelistes	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	traitor	traitor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
14	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	banquet	banquet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
19	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
20	Count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	xcomp	_	_
21	Julian	Julian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
22	overwhelmed	overwhelm	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	xcomp	_	_
23	with	with	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	confusion	confusion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
27	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	scorn	scorn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nmod	_	_
31	to	to	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
32	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	35	det:predet	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
34	Moslem	Moslem	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	_	_
35	cavaliers	cavalier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	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 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | Pelistes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **turn** | past | Pelistes | Pelistes's back |  |  |  | upon the traitor | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent back=Theme |
| 3 | **go** | past | Pelistes *not said here* |  |  | the banquet |  | forth *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from banquet=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **leave** | gerund | Pelistes *not said here* | a object of scorn |  |  |  | to all Moslem cavaliers | tree rules |
| 5 | **count** | infinitive | a object of scorn *not said here* | Julian |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent julian=Theme clause=Attribute |
| 6 | **overwhelm** | participle | a object of scorn *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with confusion | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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