--- title: He was suffered, therefore, to retain his sacred office at Seville;… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: He was suffered, therefore, to retain his sacred office at Seville; but the see of Toledo was given in charge to the venerable Urbino; and the law of Witiza was revoked, that dispensed the clergy from their vows of celibacy. Who acts: that, Evan. 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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 (that, Evan), 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:pg77685:3:29 # text = He was suffered, therefore, to retain his sacred office at Seville; but the see of Toledo was given in charge to the venerable Urbino; and the law of Witiza was revoked, that dispensed the clergy from their vows of celibacy. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 suffered suffer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 5 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 retain retain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 office office NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 Seville Seville PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ; ; PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 15 but but CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 see see NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Toledo Toledo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 22 in in ADP IN _ 23 case _ _ 23 charge charge NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 24 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 25 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 26 venerable venerable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 27 amod _ _ 27 Urbino urbino NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT : _ 35 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 law law NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 33 Witiza Witiza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 34 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 aux:pass _ _ 35 revoked revoke VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 38 punct _ _ 37 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 38 nsubj _ _ 38 dispensed dispense VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 35 conj _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 clergy clergy NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obj _ _ 41 from from ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 43 nmod:poss _ _ 43 vows vow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 obl _ _ 44 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 45 celibacy celibacy NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **suffer** | past · passive | | uncle | | | | therefore *property* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus | | 2 | **retain** | to-infinitive | | uncle's sacred office | | Seville | | | tree rules | | 3 | **give** | past · passive | | the see of Toledo | | charge to the venerable Urbino | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **revoke** | past · passive | | the law of Witiza | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **dispense** | past | that | the clergy | | Evan's vows of celibacy | | | tree rules | | 6 | **vow** | | Evan | celibacy | | | | | nom vow «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient | 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 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/3/28/) - next →: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/3/30/) - ↑ back to [The Rise of Don Roderick.—his Government.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/3/)