--- title: He gave this favourite son much sage advice for the regulation of hi… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: He gave this favourite son much sage advice for the regulation of his conduct, and left with him his nephew Ayub, a man greatly honoured by the Moslems for his wisdom and discretion; exhorting Abdalasis to consult him on all occasions, and consider him as his bosom counsellor. Who acts: man. 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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 (man), 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:pg77685:34:17 # text = He gave this favourite son much sage advice for the regulation of his conduct, and left with him his nephew Ayub, a man greatly honoured by the Moslems for his wisdom and discretion; exhorting Abdalasis to consult him on all occasions, and consider him as his bosom counsellor. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 4 favourite favourite ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 son son NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 iobj _ _ 6 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 7 sage sage NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 regulation regulation NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 conduct conduct NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 left leave VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 18 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 obl _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 nephew nephew NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obj _ _ 22 Ayub Ayub PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 conj _ _ 26 greatly greatly ADV RB _ 27 advmod _ _ 27 honoured honour VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 25 acl _ _ 28 by by ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 Moslems Moslem PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 31 for for ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 33 nmod:poss _ _ 33 wisdom wisdom NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 34 and and CCONJ CC _ 35 cc _ _ 35 discretion discretion NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 ; ; PUNCT : _ 37 punct _ _ 37 exhorting exhort VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 17 advcl _ _ 38 Abdalasis Abdalasis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 37 obj _ _ 39 to to PART TO _ 40 mark _ _ 40 consult consult VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 37 xcomp _ _ 41 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 40 obj _ _ 42 on on ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 44 det _ _ 44 occasions occasion NOUN NNS Number=Plur 40 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 45 , , PUNCT , _ 47 punct _ _ 46 and and CCONJ CC _ 47 cc _ _ 47 consider consider VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 conj _ _ 48 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 47 obj _ _ 49 as as ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 52 nmod:poss _ _ 51 bosom bosom NOUN NN Number=Sing 52 compound _ _ 52 counsellor counsellor NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 53 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | past | man | much sage advice | this favourite son | | | for the regulation of man's conduct | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent son=Recipient advice=Theme for regulation=Asset | | 2 | **leave** | past | man *not said here* | | man's nephew and a man | | | with man | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent nephew=Recipient with he=Theme | | 3 | **honour** | participle | | a man *not said here* | | | | by the Moslems; for man's wisdom and discretion; greatly *property* | tree rules | | 4 | **exhort** | gerund | man *not said here* | Abdalasis | | | | | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent abdalasis=Recipient clause=Topic | | 5 | **consult** | to-infinitive | man *not said here* | man | | all occasions | | | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 6 | **consider** | infinitive | man *not said here* | man | | | | as man's bosom counsellor | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Attribute | | 7 | **regulate** | | | man's conduct | | | | | nom regulation «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **conduct** | | man | | | | | | nom conduct «act transitive»: poss=agent | 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 16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/34/16/) - next →: [sentence 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/34/18/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XIII.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/34/)