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title: The company of traitors put far from thee; for how canst thou be cer… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: The company of traitors put far from thee; for how canst thou be certain that he who has proved false to others will prove true to thee? Who acts: company, thou, others. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Conduct of Abdalasis As Emir of Spain., with its dependency
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Conduct of Abdalasis As Emir of Spain., sentence 8

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The company of traitors put far from thee; for how canst thou be certain that he who has proved false to others will prove true to thee?

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**Who acts:** company, thou, others · **What happens:** put, be, prove · **To what, where:** thee

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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 (company, thou, others), 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:pg77685:36:8
# text = The company of traitors put far from thee; for how canst thou be certain that he who has proved false to others will prove true to thee?
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	traitors	traitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	put	put	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
11	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
12	canst	can	AUX	MD	Style=Arch|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
13	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	15	nsubj	_	_
14	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	cop	_	_
15	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
16	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
18	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj	_	_
19	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	proved	prove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	advcl	_	_
21	false	false	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	xcomp	_	_
22	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
23	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nsubj	_	_
24	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
25	prove	prove	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	advcl	_	_
26	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	25	xcomp	_	_
27	to	to	ADP	TO	_	28	case	_	_
28	thee	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | present | the company of traitors |  |  | thee |  | far *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | can | thou |  |  |  |  | certain *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **prove** | present · perfect | company |  |  |  |  | who *nsubj*; false *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **prove** | future | others |  |  |  |  | true *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: 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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