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title: They attributed it all to the special intervention of their patron s… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: They attributed it all to the special intervention of their patron saint, Leocadia; and the following day being Palm Sunday, they sallied forth in procession, man, woman, and child, to the church of that blessed saint, which is situated without the walls, that they might return thanks for her marvel
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VI., sentence 23

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They attributed it all to the special intervention of their patron saint, Leocadia; and the following day being Palm Sunday, they sallied forth in procession, man, woman, and child, to the church of that blessed saint, which is situated without the walls, that they might return thanks for her marvellous protection.

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**Who acts:** people, following day, patron saint, woman · **What happens:** attribute, follow, be, sally, situate, return · **To what, where:** credit, Palm Sunday, child, procession, blessed saint, thanks

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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 (people, following day, patron saint, woman), 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:pg77685:27:23
# text = They attributed it all to the special intervention of their patron saint, Leocadia; and the following day being Palm Sunday, they sallied forth in procession, man, woman, and child, to the church of that blessed saint, which is situated without the walls, that they might return thanks for her marvellous protection.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	attributed	attribute	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	intervention	intervention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	patron	patron	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	saint	saint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	Leocadia	Leocadia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	22	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	19	amod	_	_
19	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
20	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	22	cop	_	_
21	Palm	Palm	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	Sunday	Sunday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
25	sallied	sally	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
26	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	25	advmod	_	_
27	in	in	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	procession	procession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
30	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
32	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
34	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
35	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
37	to	to	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	church	church	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	parataxis	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
41	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	43	det	_	_
42	blessed	blessed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	43	amod	_	_
43	saint	saint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
45	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	47	nsubj:pass	_	_
46	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	47	aux:pass	_	_
47	situated	situate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	43	acl:relcl	_	_
48	without	without	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	47	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
52	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	55	mark	_	_
53	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	nsubj	_	_
54	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	55	aux	_	_
55	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	47	parataxis	_	_
56	thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obj	_	_
57	for	for	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
58	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	60	nmod:poss	_	_
59	marvellous	marvellous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	60	amod	_	_
60	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	55	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
61	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attribute** | past | people | credit |  |  |  | to the special intervention of people's patron saint | tree rules |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | gerund | the following day | Palm Sunday |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **sally** | past | people | child |  | procession |  | the church of that blessed saint *parataxis*; forth *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **situate** | present · passive |  | that blessed saint |  |  |  | without the walls | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme |
| 6 | **return** | might | people | thanks |  |  |  | for woman's marvellous protection | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thanks=Theme |
| 7 | **intervene** |  | people's patron saint |  |  |  |  |  | nom intervention «act intransitive»: of=agent |
| 8 | **protect** |  | woman |  |  |  |  |  | nom protection «act 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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