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title: Policy, too, no longer required their agency; they had rendered thei… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: Policy, too, no longer required their agency; they had rendered their infamous service, and had no longer a country to betray: but they might turn and betray their employers. Who acts: duplicity. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Conduct of Abdalasis As Emir of S
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Conduct of Abdalasis As Emir of Spain., sentence 23

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Policy, too, no longer required their agency; they had rendered their infamous service, and had no longer a country to betray: but they might turn and betray their employers.

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**Who acts:** duplicity · **What happens:** require, render, have, betray, turn, service · **To what, where:** Policy, duplicity, country, employers

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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 (duplicity), 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:pg77685:36:23
# text = Policy, too, no longer required their agency; they had rendered their infamous service, and had no longer a country to betray: but they might turn and betray their employers.
1	Policy	policy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	no	no	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
7	required	require	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	agency	agency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	rendered	render	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
15	infamous	infamous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
20	no	no	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
21	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	23	advmod	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
24	to	to	PART	TO	_	25	mark	_	_
25	betray	betray	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	30	punct	_	_
27	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
28	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
29	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	30	aux	_	_
30	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	conj	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
32	betray	betray	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	30	conj	_	_
33	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	employers	employer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	32	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | past |  | Policy |  |  |  | duplicity's agency *obj*; long *property* | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme agency=Precondition |
| 2 | **render** | past · perfect · passive |  | duplicity |  |  |  | duplicity's infamous service *obj* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient service=Theme |
| 3 | **have** | past |  | a country |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Patient |
| 4 | **betray** | to-infinitive |  | a country *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **turn** | might | duplicity |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **betray** | infinitive | duplicity *not said here* | duplicity's employers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 7 | **service** |  | duplicity |  |  |  |  |  | nom service «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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