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title: When that jealous chieftain had despatched his letter commanding Tar… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: When that jealous chieftain had despatched his letter commanding Taric to pause and await his coming, he immediately made every preparation to enter Spain with a powerful reinforcement, and to take command of the conquering army. Who acts: letter, Taric. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spa
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Muza Ben Nozier.—his Entrance Into Spain, and Capture of Carmona., sentence 2

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When that jealous chieftain had despatched his letter commanding Taric to pause and await his coming, he immediately made every preparation to enter Spain with a powerful reinforcement, and to take command of the conquering army.

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**Who acts:** letter, Taric · **What happens:** despatch, command, pause, await, come, make · **To what, where:** jealous chieftain, Taric, preparation, Spain, command, conquering army · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Muza Ben Nozier.—his Entrance Into Spain, and Capture of Carmona.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (letter, Taric), 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:pg77685:28:2
# text = When that jealous chieftain had despatched his letter commanding Taric to pause and await his coming, he immediately made every preparation to enter Spain with a powerful reinforcement, and to take command of the conquering army.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
3	jealous	jealous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	chieftain	chieftain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	despatched	despatch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	advcl	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	commanding	command	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	Taric	Taric	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	pause	pause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	await	await	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	conj	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Gender=Masc|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
19	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
21	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	22	det	_	_
22	preparation	preparation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
24	enter	enter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	acl	_	_
25	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
26	with	with	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	powerful	powerful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	reinforcement	reinforcement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
32	to	to	PART	TO	_	33	mark	_	_
33	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	20	parataxis	_	_
34	command	command	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obj	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
37	conquering	conquer	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	38	amod	_	_
38	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **despatch** | past · perfect · passive |  | that jealous chieftain |  |  |  | Taric's letter *obj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **command** | gerund | Taric's letter *not said here* | Taric |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent taric=Theme |
| 3 | **pause** | to-infinitive | Taric's letter *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn linger-53.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **await** | infinitive | Taric's letter *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **come** | gerund | Taric |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **make** | past | Taric | every preparation |  |  |  | immediately *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent preparation=Product |
| 7 | **enter** | to-infinitive | Taric *not said here* | every preparation *not said here* | Spain |  |  | with a powerful reinforcement | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme spain=Destination |
| 8 | **take** | to-infinitive |  | command of the conquering army |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent command=Theme |
| 9 | **conquer** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 10 | **letter** |  | Taric |  |  |  |  |  | nom letter «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
| 11 | **command** |  |  | the conquering army |  |  |  |  | nom command «communication 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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