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title: The principal people of the city had taken no part in this gallant b… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: The principal people of the city had taken no part in this gallant but fruitless insurrection; and now, when they beheld the army of Abdalasis encamped upon the banks of the Guadalquivir, would fain have gone forth to make explanations, and intercede for mercy. Who acts: people, army, fain. A senten
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”, sentence 25

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The principal people of the city had taken no part in this gallant but fruitless insurrection; and now, when they beheld the army of Abdalasis encamped upon the banks of the Guadalquivir, would fain have gone forth to make explanations, and intercede for mercy.

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**Who acts:** people, army, fain · **What happens:** take, behold, encamp, go, make, intercede · **To what, where:** principal people, gallant insurrection, explanations

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (people, army, fain), 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:pg77685:31:25
# text = The principal people of the city had taken no part in this gallant but fruitless insurrection; and now, when they beheld the army of Abdalasis encamped upon the banks of the Guadalquivir, would fain have gone forth to make explanations, and intercede for mercy.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
12	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	det	_	_
13	gallant	gallant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
14	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	fruitless	fruitless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	conj	_	_
16	insurrection	insurrection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
19	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	23	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	23	advmod	_	_
22	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	beheld	behold	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	army	army	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	nsubj	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	Abdalasis	Abdalasis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
28	encamped	encamp	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	parataxis	_	_
29	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	banks	bank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obl	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	Guadalquivir	Guadalquivir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	37	aux	_	_
37	fain	fain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	39	nsubj	_	_
38	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
39	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	28	parataxis	_	_
40	forth	forth	ADV	RB	_	39	advmod	_	_
41	to	to	PART	TO	_	42	mark	_	_
42	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	advcl	_	_
43	explanations	explanation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
45	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	46	cc	_	_
46	intercede	intercede	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	conj	_	_
47	for	for	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	mercy	mercy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past · perfect · passive |  | the principal people of the city |  | this gallant insurrection |  | no part *obj* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme part=Destination |
| 2 | **behold** | past | people |  |  |  | now |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **encamp** | past | the army of Abdalasis |  |  |  |  | upon the banks of the Guadalquivir | tree rules |
| 4 | **go** | present · perfect | fain |  |  |  |  | forth *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **make** | to-infinitive | fain *not said here* | explanations |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset explanation=Product |
| 6 | **intercede** | infinitive | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for mercy | 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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