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title: He caused the women, therefore, to clothe themselves in male attire,… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: He caused the women, therefore, to clothe themselves in male attire, to put on hats and helmets, to take long reeds in their hands instead of lances, and to cross their hair upon their chins in semblance of beards. Who acts: Theodomir. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington I
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”, sentence 74

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He caused the women, therefore, to clothe themselves in male attire, to put on hats and helmets, to take long reeds in their hands instead of lances, and to cross their hair upon their chins in semblance of beards.

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**Who acts:** Theodomir · **What happens:** cause, clothe, put, take, cross · **To what, where:** women, male attire, hats, long reeds, hands, hair

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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 (Theodomir), 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:pg77685:31:74
# text = He caused the women, therefore, to clothe themselves in male attire, to put on hats and helmets, to take long reeds in their hands instead of lances, and to cross their hair upon their chins in semblance of beards.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	clothe	clothe	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
10	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	9	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	male	male	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	attire	attire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
17	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	hats	hat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	helmets	helmet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
23	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
24	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	reeds	reed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obj	_	_
26	in	in	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	28	nmod:poss	_	_
28	hands	hand	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obl	_	_
29	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	31	case	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	fixed	_	_
31	lances	lance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
33	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
34	to	to	PART	TO	_	35	mark	_	_
35	cross	cross	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
36	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	_
38	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	40	nmod:poss	_	_
40	chins	chin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	obl	_	_
41	in	in	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	semblance	semblance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	beards	beard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | past | Theodomir | the women |  |  |  | therefore *property* | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition woman=Patient |
| 2 | **clothe** | to-infinitive |  | women *= woman* |  | male attire |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Patient |
| 3 | **put** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | hats and helmets |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on hat=Destination |
| 4 | **take** | to-infinitive |  | long reeds |  | reeds's hands |  | instead lances | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent reed=Value in hand=Location |
| 5 | **cross** | to-infinitive |  | reeds's hair |  |  |  | upon reeds's chins; in semblance of beards | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent hair=Patient in semblance=Topic |

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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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