--- title: Upon this the Bishop Oppas and Count Julian exclaimed that the capit… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Upon this the Bishop Oppas and Count Julian exclaimed that the capitulation was a base fraud, and ought not to be complied with; but Abdalasis relished the stratagem of the old soldier, and ordered that the stipulations of the treaty should be faithfully performed. 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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 (you, Julian, capitulation, Abdalasis), 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:pg77685:31:92 # text = Upon this the Bishop Oppas and Count Julian exclaimed that the capitulation was a base fraud, and ought not to be complied with; but Abdalasis relished the stratagem of the old soldier, and ordered that the stipulations of the treaty should be faithfully performed. 1 Upon upon ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 2 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 Bishop Bishop PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 Oppas Oppas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 Count count VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 Julian Julian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 exclaimed exclaim VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 ccomp _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 capitulation capitulation NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 14 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 15 base base NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 compound _ _ 16 fraud fraud NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 18 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 19 ought ought AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 23 advmod _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 23 mark _ _ 22 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 23 aux:pass _ _ 23 complied comply VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 24 with with ADP IN _ 23 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 but but CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 Abdalasis Abdalasis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 28 nsubj _ _ 28 relished relish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 stratagem stratagem NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 33 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 34 amod _ _ 34 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 37 cc _ _ 37 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 28 advcl _ _ 38 that that SCONJ IN _ 47 mark _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 stipulations stipulation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 47 nsubj:pass _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 treaty treaty NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ _ 44 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 47 aux _ _ 45 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 47 aux:pass _ _ 46 faithfully faithfully ADV RB _ 47 advmod _ _ 47 performed perform VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 37 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 48 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **count** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | upon the Bishop Oppas this | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent clause=Attribute | | 2 | **exclaim** *speech: express* | past | Julian | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is a** | past | the capitulation | a base fraud | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **not** **comply** | ought · passive | Julian *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **relish** | past | Abdalasis | the stratagem of the old soldier | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stratagem=Stimulus | | 6 | **order** | past | Abdalasis *not said here* | | | | | | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 7 | **perform** | should · passive | | the stipulations of the treaty | | | | faithfully *property* | vn performance-26.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 8 | **stipulate** | | | the treaty | | | | | nom stipulation «communication transitive»: 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 91](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/91/) - next →: [sentence 93](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/93/) - ↑ back to [Expedition of Abdalasis Against Seville and the “land of Tadmir.”](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/31/)