--- title: Thus having secured, as he thought, the power and prosperity of his… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Thus having secured, as he thought, the power and prosperity of his family, by placing all his sons as his lieutenants in the country he had conquered, he departed for Syria, bearing with him the sumptuous spoils of the west. Who acts: Cadiz, sumptuous. 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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 (Cadiz, sumptuous), 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:pg77685:34:28 # text = Thus having secured, as he thought, the power and prosperity of his family, by placing all his sons as his lieutenants in the country he had conquered, he departed for Syria, bearing with him the sumptuous spoils of the west. 1 Thus thus ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 having have AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 aux _ _ 3 secured secure VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 as as SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 thought think VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 12 prosperity prosperity NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 conj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 17 by by SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 18 placing place VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 advcl _ _ 19 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 21 det:predet _ _ 20 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 21 nmod:poss _ _ 21 sons son NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obj _ _ 22 as as ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 lieutenants lieutenant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 25 in in ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nmod _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 30 nsubj _ _ 29 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 30 aux _ _ 30 conquered conquer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 27 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj _ _ 33 departed depart VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 34 for for ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 Syria Syria PROPN NNP Number=Sing 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 36 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 37 bearing bear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 42 csubj _ _ 38 with with ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 39 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 37 obl _ _ 40 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 41 sumptuous sumptuous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 nsubj _ _ 42 spoils spoil VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 parataxis _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 45 det _ _ 45 west west NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **secure** | gerund · perfect | | | | | | thus *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **think** *speech: other* | past | Cadiz | the power of Cadiz's family and prosperity | | | | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot power=Theme | | 3 | **place** | gerund | Cadiz *not said here* | Cadiz's sons | | | | as Cadiz's lieutenants in the country | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme | | 4 | **conquer** | past · perfect | Cadiz | the country *not said here* | | | | | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Patient | | 5 | **depart** | past | Cadiz | | | | | for Syria | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **bear** | gerund | | | | | | with Cadiz | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **spoil** | present | the sumptuous | | | | | of the west | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=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 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/34/27/) - next →: [sentence 29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/34/29/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XIII.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/34/)