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title: Abdalasis ordered it to be faithfully collected, and deposited in co… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: Abdalasis ordered it to be faithfully collected, and deposited in coffers by public officers appointed in each province for the purpose; and the whole was sent by ten deputies to Damascus, to be laid at the feet of the caliph,—not as the spoils of a vanquished country, but as the peaceful trophies o
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Conduct of Abdalasis As Emir of Spain., sentence 33

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Abdalasis ordered it to be faithfully collected, and deposited in coffers by public officers appointed in each province for the purpose; and the whole was sent by ten deputies to Damascus, to be laid at the feet of the caliph,—not as the spoils of a vanquished country, but as the peaceful trophies of a wisely administered government.

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**Who acts:** Abdalasis, public officers, ten deputies, feet · **What happens:** order, collect, deposit, appoint, send, lay · **To what, where:** prosperity, coffers, province, whole, Damascus

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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 (Abdalasis, public officers, ten deputies, feet), 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:pg77685:36:33
# text = Abdalasis ordered it to be faithfully collected, and deposited in coffers by public officers appointed in each province for the purpose; and the whole was sent by ten deputies to Damascus, to be laid at the feet of the caliph,—not as the spoils of a vanquished country, but as the peaceful trophies of a wisely administered government.
1	Abdalasis	Abdalasis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	faithfully	faithfully	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	collected	collect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	deposited	deposit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	coffers	coffer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
13	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
14	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	officers	officer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
16	appointed	appoint	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	19	det	_	_
19	province	province	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
20	for	for	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	28	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	nsubj:pass	_	_
27	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux:pass	_	_
28	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
29	by	by	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	31	nummod	_	_
31	deputies	deputy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obl	_	_
32	to	to	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	Damascus	Damascus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
35	to	to	PART	TO	_	37	mark	_	_
36	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	aux:pass	_	_
37	laid	lay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	conj	_	_
38	at	at	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	obl:agent	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	caliph	caliph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	49	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	49	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	49	advmod	_	_
47	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	49	mark	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	spoils	spoil	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
51	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
52	vanquished	vanquish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	53	amod	_	_
53	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	49	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	59	punct	_	_
55	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	59	cc	_	_
56	as	as	ADP	IN	_	59	case	_	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	59	det	_	_
58	peaceful	peaceful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	59	amod	_	_
59	trophies	trophy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	conj	_	_
60	of	of	ADP	IN	_	64	case	_	_
61	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
62	wisely	wisely	ADV	RB	_	63	advmod	_	_
63	administered	administer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	64	amod	_	_
64	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	59	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
65	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | past | Abdalasis | prosperity |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **collect** | to-infinitive · passive |  |  |  |  |  | faithfully *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V» |
| 3 | **deposit** | participle |  |  |  | coffers |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in coffer=Destination |
| 4 | **appoint** | past | public officers |  |  | each province |  | for the purpose | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **send** | past · passive | ten deputies | the whole | Damascus |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to damascus=Destination |
| 6 | **lay** | to-infinitive · passive | the feet of the caliph |  |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 7 | **not** **spoil** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of a vanquished country; the peaceful trophies of a administered government *conj* | vn entity\_specific\_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 8 | **vanquish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 9 | **administer** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | wisely *property* | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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