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title: “Behold, O commander of the faithful!” cried he, “a proof of the rea… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: “Behold, O commander of the faithful!” cried he, “a proof of the real finder of the table; and so is it with the greater part of the spoils exhibited by Muza as trophies of his achievements. Who acts: commander, TABLE, MUZA. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chap
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter XIV., sentence 21

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“Behold, O commander of the faithful!” cried he, “a proof of the real finder of the table; and so is it with the greater part of the spoils exhibited by Muza as trophies of his achievements.

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**Who acts:** commander, TABLE, MUZA · **What happens:** cry, be, spoil, exhibit, proof, achieve · **To what, where:** proof, real finder · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (commander, TABLE, MUZA), 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:pg77685:35:21
# text = “Behold, O commander of the faithful!” cried he, “a proof of the real finder of the table; and so is it with the greater part of the spoils exhibited by Muza as trophies of his achievements.
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Behold	behold	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	O	o	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
5	commander	commander	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	faithful	faithful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
11	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	proof	proof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	finder	finder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	26	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	so	so	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	_	_
27	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	32	cop	_	_
28	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	_	_
29	with	with	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	32	amod	_	_
32	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	parataxis	_	_
33	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	35	mark	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	spoils	spoil	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	32	advcl	_	_
36	exhibited	exhibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	35	xcomp	_	_
37	by	by	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	Muza	Muza	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	obl	_	_
39	as	as	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
40	trophies	trophy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	36	obl	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	43	nmod:poss	_	_
43	achievements	achievement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cry** *speech: express* | past | commander of the faithful | a proof of the real finder of the table |  |  |  | Commander *nsubj* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | TABLE |  |  |  |  | with the greater part | tree rules |
| 3 | **spoil** *in a quote* | present | TABLE *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **exhibit** *in a quote* | participle | TABLE *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by Muza; as trophies of MUZA's achievements | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **proof** *in a quote* |  |  | the real finder of the table |  |  |  |  | nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
| 6 | **achieve** *in a quote* |  | MUZA |  |  |  |  |  | nom achievement «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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