--- title: Abdalasis, therefore, removed them to a distance from his court, and… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Abdalasis, therefore, removed them to a distance from his court, and placed them in situations where they could do no harm; and he warned his commanders from being in any wise influenced by their counsels, or aided by their arms. Who acts: Abdalasis, employers. 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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 (Abdalasis, employers), 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:pg77685:36:24 # text = Abdalasis, therefore, removed them to a distance from his court, and placed them in situations where they could do no harm; and he warned his commanders from being in any wise influenced by their counsels, or aided by their arms. 1 Abdalasis Abdalasis PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 therefore therefore ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 removed remove VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 10 from from ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 court court NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 placed place VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 16 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 in in ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 situations situation NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 obl _ _ 19 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 22 advmod _ _ 20 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ _ 21 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 23 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 24 det _ _ 24 harm harm NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 25 ; ; PUNCT : _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 28 nsubj _ _ 28 warned warn VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 commanders commander NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obj _ _ 31 from from ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 32 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 39 cop _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 34 any any DET DT PronType=Ind 39 det _ _ 35 wise wise ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 39 amod _ _ 36 influenced influence VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 39 amod _ _ 37 by by ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 counsels counsel NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 40 , , PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 41 or or CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 42 aided aid VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 28 conj _ _ 43 by by ADP IN _ 45 case _ _ 44 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 45 nmod:poss _ _ 45 arms arm NOUN NNS Number=Plur 42 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 46 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **remove** | past | Abdalasis | employers *= employer* | | | | to a distance from Abdalasis's court; therefore *property* | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to distance=Destination | | 2 | **place** | past | Abdalasis *not said here* | employers *= employer* | | situations | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in situation=Destination | | 3 | **do** | could | employers *= employer* | no harm | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harm=Eventuality | | 4 | **warn** *speech: warn* | past | Abdalasis | Abdalasis's commanders | | | | | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent commander=Recipient | | 5 | **influence** | participle | | | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **is** | gerund | | | | employers's wise influenced counsels | | employers *= employer* *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 7 | **aid** | participle | Abdalasis *not said here* | | | | | by employers's arms | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=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 23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/36/23/) - next →: [sentence 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/36/25/) - ↑ back to [Conduct of Abdalasis As Emir of Spain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/36/)