--- title: Promise that the inhabitants shall be at liberty to depart unmoleste… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Promise that the inhabitants shall be at liberty to depart unmolested with their property, and the city will be delivered up to you to-morrow morning without a blow; otherwise we are prepared to fight until not a man be left.” Who acts: that. 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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), 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:pg77685:31:80 # text = Promise that the inhabitants shall be at liberty to depart unmolested with their property, and the city will be delivered up to you to-morrow morning without a blow; otherwise we are prepared to fight until not a man be left.” 1 Promise promise NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 inhabitants inhabitant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 5 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 6 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 8 cop _ _ 7 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 liberty liberty NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 depart depart VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl _ _ 11 unmolested unmolested ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 xcomp _ _ 12 with with ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 property property NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 21 cc _ _ 17 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 18 det _ _ 18 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 delivered deliver VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 parataxis _ _ 22 up up ADP RP _ 21 compound:prt _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 21 obl _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 28 case _ SpaceAfter=No 26 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 27 morrow morrow NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 morning morning NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 29 without without ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 blow blow NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 36 nsubj _ _ 35 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 prepared prepare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 21 conj _ _ 37 to to PART TO _ 38 mark _ _ 38 fight fight VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 xcomp _ _ 39 until until ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 44 aux:pass _ _ 44 left leave VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 38 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 21 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 46 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | shall | that | | | liberty | | the inhabitants *nsubj* | tree rules | | 2 | **depart** | to-infinitive | | | | | | unmolested *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **deliver up** | future · passive | | the city | you | | morning | without a blow | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to you=Destination | | 4 | **prepare** | present · passive | | we | | | | otherwise *property* | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP to be NP»: subject=Theme clause=Attribute | | 5 | **fight** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | until a man | | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **leave** | infinitive · passive | | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V» | 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 79](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/79/) - next →: [sentence 81](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/81/) - ↑ back to [Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/)