--- title: “What manner of leader is this,” said they, “who forbids us to make… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: “What manner of leader is this,” said they, “who forbids us to make spoil of the enemies of Islam, and to enjoy the land we have wrested from the unbelievers?” Who acts: manner, this, land. 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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 (manner, this, land), 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:pg77685:36:35 # text = “What manner of leader is this,” said they, “who forbids us to make spoil of the enemies of Islam, and to enjoy the land we have wrested from the unbelievers?” 1 “ " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 What what DET WDT PronType=Int 3 det _ _ 3 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 leader leader NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 ” " PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ 10 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 13 “ " PUNCT `` _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 15 nsubj _ _ 15 forbids forbid VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 ccomp _ _ 16 us we PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 obj _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 19 spoil spoil NOUN NN Number=Sing 18 obj _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 enemies enemy NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 nmod _ _ 23 of of ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Islam Islam PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 28 cc _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 enjoy enjoy VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 15 parataxis _ _ 29 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 30 det _ _ 30 land land NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 obj _ _ 31 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 33 nsubj:pass _ _ 32 have have AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 aux _ _ 33 wrested wrest VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 30 acl:relcl _ _ 34 from from ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 unbelievers unbeliever NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ? ? PUNCT . _ 28 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 ” " PUNCT '' _ 28 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | what manner of leader | this | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: ask* | past | this | | | | | officers *= officer* *nsubj* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **forbid** *in a quote* | present | | us | | | | who *nsubj* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer we=Theme | | 4 | **make** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | spoil of the enemies of Islam | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset spoil=Product | | 5 | **enjoy** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | | the land | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer land=Stimulus | | 6 | **wrest** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | the land *not said here* | we | | the unbelievers | | | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from unbeliever=Source | | 7 | **spoil** *in a quote* | | | the enemies of Islam | | | | | nom spoil «possession transitive»: of=patient | 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 34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/36/34/) - next →: [sentence 36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/36/36/) - ↑ back to [Conduct of Abdalasis As Emir of Spain.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/36/)