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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 (chief, Commander), 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:pg77685:35:27 # text = In a great victory, it is not supposed that the chief of the army takes all the captives, or kills all the slain, or gathers all the booty, though all are enumerated in the records of his triumph.” 1 In in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 great great ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 victory victory NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 supposed suppose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 10 that that SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 chief chief NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 13 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 army army NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 16 takes take VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 advcl _ _ 17 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 19 det:predet _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 captives captive NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 20 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 21 or or CCONJ CC _ 22 cc _ _ 22 kills kill VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 conj _ _ 23 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 25 det:predet _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 slain slain NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 26 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 27 or or CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 28 gathers gather VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 29 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 31 det:predet _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 booty booty NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 though though SCONJ IN _ 36 mark _ _ 34 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 enumerated enumerate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 conj _ _ 37 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 records record NOUN NNS Number=Plur 36 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 42 nmod:poss _ _ 42 triumph triumph NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 43 . . PUNCT . _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 44 ” " PUNCT '' _ 9 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **suppose** | present · passive | | soldier | | a great victory | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute | | 2 | **take** | present | the chief of the army | all captives | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent captive=Theme | | 3 | **kill** | present | the chief of the army *not said here* | all slain | | | | | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slain=Theme | | 4 | **gather** | present | | all booty | | | | | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent booty=Theme | | 5 | **enumerate** | present · passive | | all | | the records of Commander's triumph | | | tree rules | | 6 | **record** | | | Commander's triumph | | | | | nom record «communication transitive»: of=patient | | 7 | **triumph** | | Commander | | | | | | nom triumph «event intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/35/26/) - next →: [sentence 28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/35/28/) - ↑ back to [Chapter XIV.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/35/)