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title: When they were alone he addressed Taric in Arabic: “Know, O leader o… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: When they were alone he addressed Taric in Arabic: “Know, O leader of the host of Islam,” said he, “that I am sent to thee on the part of the children of Israel resident in Toledo. Who acts: events, man. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter VI., with its dep
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VI., sentence 11

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When they were alone he addressed Taric in Arabic: “Know, O leader of the host of Islam,” said he, “that I am sent to thee on the part of the children of Israel resident in Toledo.

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**Who acts:** events, man · **What happens:** be, address, know, say, send · **To what, where:** Taric, Arabic, man, part · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter VI.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (events, man), 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:pg77685:27:11
# text = When they were alone he addressed Taric in Arabic: “Know, O leader of the host of Islam,” said he, “that I am sent to thee on the part of the children of Israel resident in Toledo.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	addressed	address	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	ccomp	_	_
7	Taric	Taric	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Arabic	Arabic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
11	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	Know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	O	of	ADP	IN	Abbr=Yes	15	case	_	_
15	leader	leader	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	host	host	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	Islam	Islam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	_
23	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
24	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
26	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	30	mark	_	_
28	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
29	am	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	aux:pass	_	_
30	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	conj	_	_
31	to	to	ADP	TO	_	32	case	_	_
32	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	30	obl	_	_
33	on	on	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	nmod	_	_
39	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	compound	_	_
41	resident	resident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	nmod	_	_
42	in	in	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	Toledo	Toledo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | events *= event* |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **address** | past | man | Taric |  | Arabic |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **know** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | of leader of the host of Islam | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer of leader=Stimulus |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | man |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **send** *in a quote* | present · passive |  | man |  | the part of the children of Israel resident in Toledo |  | to thee | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to thou=Destination |

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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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