--- title: When the caliph demanded an account of the conquest of Spain, he gav… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: When the caliph demanded an account of the conquest of Spain, he gave it with great eloquence; but, in describing the various victories, he made no mention of the name of Taric, but spoke as if every thing had been effected by himself. Who acts: caliph. 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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 (caliph), 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:pg77685:35:13 # text = When the caliph demanded an account of the conquest of Spain, he gave it with great eloquence; but, in describing the various victories, he made no mention of the name of Taric, but spoke as if every thing had been effected by himself. 1 When when ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 caliph caliph NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 demanded demand VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 advcl _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 conquest conquest NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 Spain Spain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 13 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 14 gave give VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 obj _ _ 16 with with ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 17 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 eloquence eloquence NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ; ; PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 20 but but CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ SpaceAfter=No 21 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 22 in in SCONJ IN _ 23 mark _ _ 23 describing describe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 29 advcl _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 26 det _ _ 25 various various ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 victories victory NOUN NNS Number=Plur 23 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 28 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 29 nsubj _ _ 29 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 conj _ _ 30 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 31 det _ _ 31 mention mention NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 obj _ _ 32 of of ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 name name NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 nmod _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 36 Taric Taric PROPN NNP Number=Sing 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 37 , , PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ _ 38 but but CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 39 spoke speak VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 29 parataxis _ _ 40 as as SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 41 if if SCONJ IN _ 46 mark _ _ 42 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 43 det _ _ 43 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 46 nsubj:pass _ _ 44 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 46 aux _ _ 45 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 46 aux:pass _ _ 46 effected affect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 ccomp _ _ 47 by by ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 48 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 46 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 49 . . PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **demand** *speech: request* | past | the caliph | a account of the conquest of Spain | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme account=Precondition | | 2 | **give** | past | CALIPH | account | | | | with great eloquence | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 3 | **describe** | gerund | CALIPH *not said here* | the various victories | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent victory=Theme | | 4 | **make** | past | CALIPH | no mention of the name of Taric | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mention=Product | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **affect** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | CALIPH | every thing | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | | 7 | **account** | | | the conquest of Spain | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **mention** | | | the name of Taric | | | | | nom mention «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 9 | **name** | | | Taric | | | | | nom name «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 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/35/12/) - next →: [sentence 14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/35/14/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XIV.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/35/)