--- title: He then presented the spoils of the Christians as if they had been a… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: He then presented the spoils of the Christians as if they had been all taken by his own hands; and when he delivered to the caliph the miraculous table of Solomon, he dwelt with animation on the virtues of that inestimable talisman. Who acts: CALIPH, own hands. 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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, own hands), 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:pg77685:35:14 # text = He then presented the spoils of the Christians as if they had been all taken by his own hands; and when he delivered to the caliph the miraculous table of Solomon, he dwelt with animation on the virtues of that inestimable talisman. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 3 advmod _ _ 3 presented present VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 spoils spoil VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 Christians Christian PROPN NNPS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 10 if if SCONJ IN _ 15 mark _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 12 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 13 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 15 aux:pass _ _ 14 all all ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 16 by by ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 17 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 18 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 19 amod _ _ 19 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ; ; PUNCT , _ 24 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 24 cc _ _ 22 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 23 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 24 nsubj _ _ 24 delivered deliver VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 25 to to ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 caliph caliph NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obl _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 29 miraculous miraculous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 table table NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 obj _ _ 31 of of ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 32 Solomon Solomon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 30 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 33 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 dwelt dwell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 36 with with ADP IN _ 37 case _ _ 37 animation animation NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 obl _ _ 38 on on ADP IN _ 40 case _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 40 det _ _ 40 virtues virtue NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 42 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 44 det _ _ 43 inestimable inestimable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 talisman talisman NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **present** | past | CALIPH | | | | then | | tree rules | | 2 | **spoil** | present | CALIPH *not said here* | | | | | of the Christians | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **take** *a condition, not said to happen* | past · perfect · passive | CALIPH's own hands | Christians *= christian* | | | | all *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | | 4 | **deliver** | past | CALIPH | the miraculous table of Solomon | | the caliph | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent table=Theme to caliph=Destination | | 5 | **dwell** | past | CALIPH | | | the virtues of that inestimable talisman | | with animation | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on virtue=Location | 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 13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/35/13/) - next →: [sentence 15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/35/15/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XIV.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/35/)