--- title: All the time that he could spare from public concerns was passed in… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: All the time that he could spare from public concerns was passed in her society; and he even neglected his divan, and suffered his counsellors to attend in vain, while he lingered in the apartments and gardens of the palace, listening to the voice of Exilona. Who acts: Abdalasis. 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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), 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:pg77685:37:19 # text = All the time that he could spare from public concerns was passed in her society; and he even neglected his divan, and suffered his counsellors to attend in vain, while he lingered in the apartments and gardens of the palace, listening to the voice of Exilona. 1 All all DET PDT PronType=Tot 3 det:predet _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 spare spare VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl _ _ 8 from from ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 public public ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 concerns concern NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ 11 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux:pass _ _ 12 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 13 in in ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 society society NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ; ; PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 18 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 19 even even ADV RB _ 20 advmod _ _ 20 neglected neglect VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 21 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 divan divan NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 25 suffered suffer VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 parataxis _ _ 26 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 27 nmod:poss _ _ 27 counsellors counsellor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 obj _ _ 28 to to PART TO _ 29 mark _ _ 29 attend attend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 30 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 vain vain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 33 while while SCONJ IN _ 35 mark _ _ 34 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 35 nsubj _ _ 35 lingered linger VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 25 conj _ _ 36 in in ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 38 det _ _ 38 apartments apartment NOUN NNS Number=Plur 35 obl _ _ 39 and and CCONJ CC _ 40 cc _ _ 40 gardens garden NOUN NNS Number=Plur 38 conj _ _ 41 of of ADP IN _ 43 case _ _ 42 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 43 palace palace NOUN NN Number=Sing 40 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 44 , , PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 45 listening listen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 35 advcl _ _ 46 to to ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 voice voice NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 50 case _ _ 50 Exilona Exilona PROPN NNP Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 51 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **spare** | could | Abdalasis | all time *not said here* | | public concerns | | | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent time=Asset | | 2 | **pass** | past · passive | | | | Exilona's society | time | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: in society=Location | | 3 | **neglect** | past | Abdalasis | Abdalasis's divan | | | | | vn neglect-75.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent divan=Theme | | 4 | **suffer** | past | | Abdalasis's counsellors | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **attend** | to-infinitive | | | | | | in vain | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in vain=Theme | | 6 | **linger** | past | Abdalasis | | | the apartments and gardens of the palace | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in apartment=Location | | 7 | **listen** | gerund | Abdalasis *not said here* | | | | | to the voice of Exilona | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to voice=Theme | 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 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/37/18/) - next →: [sentence 20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/37/20/) - ↑ back to [Loves of Abdalasis and Exilona.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/37/)