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title: It was composed of one single and entire emerald, and possessed tali… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: It was composed of one single and entire emerald, and possessed talismanic powers; for tradition affirms that it was the work of genii, and had been wrought by them for King Solomon the Wise, the son of David. Who acts: CITY, genii. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irvi
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VI., sentence 42

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It was composed of one single and entire emerald, and possessed talismanic powers; for tradition affirms that it was the work of genii, and had been wrought by them for King Solomon the Wise, the son of David.

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**Who acts:** CITY, genii · **What happens:** compose, possess, affirm, be, wrought · **To what, where:** CITY, talismanic powers, work

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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 (CITY, genii), 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:pg77685:27:42
# text = It was composed of one single and entire emerald, and possessed talismanic powers; for tradition affirms that it was the work of genii, and had been wrought by them for King Solomon the Wise, the son of David.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	composed	compose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
6	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	emerald	emerald	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	possessed	possess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
13	talismanic	talismanic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	powers	power	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	tradition	tradition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
18	affirms	affirm	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	conj	_	_
19	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
21	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	advcl	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	genii	genii	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
28	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
29	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	30	aux:pass	_	_
30	wrought	wrought	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	conj	_	_
31	by	by	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	obl	_	_
33	for	for	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	compound	_	_
35	Solomon	Solomon	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	Wise	Wise	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	appos	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	David	David	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compose** | past · passive |  | CITY |  |  |  | of one single emerald | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result |
| 2 | **possess** | past |  | talismanic powers |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot power=Theme |
| 3 | **affirm** | present |  |  |  |  |  | for tradition | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer for tradition=Attribute |
| 4 | **is a** | past | CITY | the work |  |  |  | of genii | tree rules |
| 5 | **wrought** | past · perfect · passive | genii |  |  |  |  | for King Solomon | tree rules |

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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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