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title: The son of Ishmael kept his word with the children of Israel: they w… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VI., sentence 39

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The son of Ishmael kept his word with the children of Israel: they were protected in the possession of all their wealth, and the exercise of their religion; and were, moreover, rewarded with jewels of gold, and jewels of silver, and much monies.

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**Who acts:** son · **What happens:** keep, protect, reward, word, possess, exercise · **To what, where:** word, words, possession, jewels, wealth, religion

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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 (son), 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:pg77685:27:39
# text = The son of Ishmael kept his word with the children of Israel: they were protected in the possession of all their wealth, and the exercise of their religion; and were, moreover, rewarded with jewels of gold, and jewels of silver, and much monies.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Ishmael	Ishmael	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	kept	keep	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	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Israel	Israel	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
14	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	protected	protect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	parataxis	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	possession	possession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	23	det:predet	_	_
22	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
23	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	exercise	exercise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	parataxis	_	_
28	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
30	religion	religion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	37	punct	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
33	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	aux:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
35	moreover	moreover	ADV	RB	_	37	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
37	rewarded	reward	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
38	with	with	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obl	_	_
40	of	of	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	jewels	jewel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obl	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
46	silver	silver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
48	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	_	_
49	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
50	monies	money	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | the son of Ishmael | son's word |  |  |  | with the children of Israel | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Theme |
| 2 | **protect** | past · passive |  | words *= word* |  | the possession of words's wealth |  | the exercise of words's religion *parataxis* | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **reward** | past · passive | the son of Ishmael *not said here* | jewels of silver |  |  |  | with jewels of gold; much monies *obl*; moreover *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: with jewel=Theme |
| 4 | **word** |  | son |  |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 5 | **possess** |  |  | words's wealth |  |  |  |  | nom possession «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 6 | **exercise** |  |  | words's religion |  |  |  |  | nom exercise «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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