--- title: His merits and misfortunes procured him many friends among the Roman… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: His merits and misfortunes procured him many friends among the Romans; and when, being arrived at a fitting age, he undertook to revenge the wrongs of his father and his kindred, a host of brave and hardy soldiers flocked to his standard. Who acts: merits, arm, wrongs. 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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 (merits, arm, wrongs), 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:pg77685:3:5 # text = His merits and misfortunes procured him many friends among the Romans; and when, being arrived at a fitting age, he undertook to revenge the wrongs of his father and his kindred, a host of brave and hardy soldiers flocked to his standard. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 merits merit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 misfortunes misfortune NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 conj _ _ 5 procured procure VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ 9 among among ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 Romans Roman PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 14 when when SCONJ WRB _ 17 mark _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 aux:pass _ _ 17 arrived arrive VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 24 advcl _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 20 fitting fitting ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 21 amod _ _ 21 age age NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 undertook undertake VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 revenge revenge NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 advcl _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 wrongs wrong NOUN NNS Number=Plur 43 nsubj _ _ 29 of of ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 father father NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 nmod _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 33 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 37 nmod:poss _ _ 34 kindred kindred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 37 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 37 det _ _ 37 host host NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 38 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 39 brave brave ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 40 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 41 hardy hardy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 conj _ _ 42 soldiers soldier NOUN NNS Number=Plur 37 nmod _ _ 43 flocked flock VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 44 to to ADP IN _ 46 case _ _ 45 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 46 nmod:poss _ _ 46 standard standard NOUN NN Number=Sing 43 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 47 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **procure** | past | arm's merits and misfortunes | many friends | arm | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary friend=Theme | | 2 | **arrive** | gerund · passive | arm *not said here* | | | | at a fitting age | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V» | | 3 | **undertake** | past | arm | | | | | revenge *advcl* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 4 | **flock** | past | the wrongs of arm's father and arm's kindred host of brave soldiers | | | | | to arm's standard | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/3/4/) - next →: [sentence 6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/3/6/) - ↑ back to [The Rise of Don Roderick.—his Government.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/3/)