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title: The caliph Walid Almanzor rose from his couch of illness to receive… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: The caliph Walid Almanzor rose from his couch of illness to receive the emir; who, when he repaired to the palace, filled one of its great courts with treasures of all kinds: the halls, too, were thronged with the youthful hostages, magnificently attired, and with Christian damsels, lovely as the ho
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIV., sentence 12

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The caliph Walid Almanzor rose from his couch of illness to receive the emir; who, when he repaired to the palace, filled one of its great courts with treasures of all kinds: the halls, too, were thronged with the youthful hostages, magnificently attired, and with Christian damsels, lovely as the houries of Paradise.

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**Who acts:** caliph · **What happens:** rise, receive, repair, fill, throng, attire · **To what, where:** halls, couch, emir, one, kinds

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter XIV.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (caliph), 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:pg77685:35:12
# text = The caliph Walid Almanzor rose from his couch of illness to receive the emir; who, when he repaired to the palace, filled one of its great courts with treasures of all kinds: the halls, too, were thronged with the youthful hostages, magnificently attired, and with Christian damsels, lovely as the houries of Paradise.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	caliph	caliph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	Walid	Walid	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
4	Almanzor	Almanzor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	flat	_	_
5	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	couch	couch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	receive	receive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	emir	emir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
16	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	20	advmod	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	repaired	repair	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
21	to	to	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	filled	fill	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	conj	_	_
26	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	25	obj	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
28	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	30	nmod:poss	_	_
29	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	courts	court	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	26	nmod	_	_
31	with	with	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	treasures	treasure	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	nmod	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	35	det	_	_
35	kinds	kind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	38	punct	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	halls	hall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
40	too	too	ADV	RB	_	38	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
42	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	43	aux:pass	_	_
43	thronged	throng	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
44	with	with	ADP	IN	_	47	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
46	youthful	youthful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	47	amod	_	_
47	hostages	hostage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	43	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
49	magnificently	magnificently	ADV	RB	_	50	advmod	_	_
50	attired	attire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	43	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	57	punct	_	_
52	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	57	cc	_	_
53	with	with	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	Christian	Christian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	55	amod	_	_
55	damsels	damsel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	57	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	55	punct	_	_
57	lovely	lovely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	conj	_	_
58	as	as	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	houries	houry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	57	obl	_	_
61	of	of	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
62	Paradise	paradise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | past | the caliph | the halls |  | CALIPH's couch of illness |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from couch=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **receive** | to-infinitive | the caliph *not said here* | the emir |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent emir=Theme |
| 3 | **repair** | past |  |  |  |  |  | to the palace; who *nsubj*; CALIPH *nsubj* | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **fill** | past |  | one of palace's great courts with treasures of all kinds |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent one=Patient |
| 5 | **throng** | past · passive | the caliph *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the youthful hostages | vn swarm-47.5.1-2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: with hostage=Theme |
| 6 | **attire** | participle | the caliph *not said here* |  |  |  |  | magnificently *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **treasure** |  |  | all kinds |  |  |  |  | nom treasure «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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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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