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title: “Thy father,” said he, “would put thee on thy guard against the trai… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: “Thy father,” said he, “would put thee on thy guard against the traitors Julian and Oppas, and those of their party who surround thee. Who acts: father, those. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Conduct of Abdalasis As Emir of Spain., with its dependency tree and 
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Conduct of Abdalasis As Emir of Spain., sentence 19

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“Thy father,” said he, “would put thee on thy guard against the traitors Julian and Oppas, and those of their party who surround thee.

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**Who acts:** father, those · **What happens:** say, put, surround · **To what, where:** thee, guard · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Conduct of Abdalasis As Emir of Spain.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (father, those), 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:pg77685:36:19
# text = “Thy father,” said he, “would put thee on thy guard against the traitors Julian and Oppas, and those of their party who surround thee.
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	father	father	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
6	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	put	put	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
12	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	11	obj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
16	against	against	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	traitors	traitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
19	Julian	Julian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	appos	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	Oppas	Oppas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
24	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	29	nsubj	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nmod	_	_
28	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	29	nsubj	_	_
29	surround	surround	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
30	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	29	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | Thy father |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **put** *in a quote* | would | Thy father *not said here* | thee |  | thy guard |  | against the traitors | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent thou=Theme on guard=Destination |
| 3 | **surround** *in a quote* | present | those of Julian's party | thee |  |  |  | who *nsubj* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme thou=Co-Theme |

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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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