--- title: Whether he was elected to the throne according to the Gothic usage,… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Whether he was elected to the throne according to the Gothic usage, or seized it by the right of conquest, is a matter of dispute among historians; but all agree that the nation submitted cheerfully to his sway, and looked forward to prosperity and happiness under their newly elevated monarch. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (all, nation), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg77685:3:11 # text = Whether he was elected to the throne according to the Gothic usage, or seized it by the right of conquest, is a matter of dispute among historians; but all agree that the nation submitted cheerfully to his sway, and looked forward to prosperity and happiness under their newly elevated monarch. 1 Whether whether SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 elected elect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 advcl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 case _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 Gothic gothic ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 usage usage NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 or or CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 seized seize VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 conquest conquest NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 23 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 cop _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 matter matter NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 dispute dispute NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 28 among among ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 historians historian NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 30 ; ; PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 31 but but CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 32 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 33 nsubj _ _ 33 agree agree VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 25 parataxis _ _ 34 that that SCONJ IN _ 37 mark _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 nation nation NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 nsubj _ _ 37 submitted submit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 33 ccomp _ _ 38 cheerfully cheerfully ADV RB _ 37 advmod _ _ 39 to to ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 41 nmod:poss _ _ 41 sway sway NOUN NN Number=Sing 37 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 and and CCONJ CC _ 44 cc _ _ 44 looked look VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 37 conj _ _ 45 forward forward ADV RB _ 44 advmod _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 prosperity prosperity NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ _ 48 and and CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 happiness happiness NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 conj _ _ 50 under under ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 51 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 54 nmod:poss _ _ 52 newly newly ADV RB _ 53 advmod _ _ 53 elevated elevate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 54 amod _ _ 54 monarch monarch NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **elect** | past · passive | | arm | | | | to the throne accord the Gothic usage | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme to throne=Attribute | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **seize** | past | | usage | | | | by the right of conquest | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 4 | **is a** | present | | a matter | | | | of dispute among historians | tree rules | | 5 | **agree** *speech: agree* | present | all | | | | | | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 6 | **submit** | past | the nation | | | | | to arm's sway; cheerfully *property* | vn acquiesce-95.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to sway=Theme | | 7 | **look** | past | the nation *not said here* | | | nation's elevated monarch | | to prosperity and happiness; forward *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to prosperity=Theme | | 8 | **elevate** | participle | | | | | | newly *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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. **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. - ← previous: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/3/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/3/12/) - ↑ back to [The Rise of Don Roderick.—his Government.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/3/)