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title: Possession, instead of cooling the passion of Abdalasis, only added… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Muza., sentence 1

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Possession, instead of cooling the passion of Abdalasis, only added to its force; he became blindly enamoured of his beautiful bride, and consulted her will in all things; nay, having lost all relish for the advice of the discreet Ayub, he was even guided by the counsels of his wife in the affairs of government.

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**Who acts:** Possession, Abdalasis, counsels · **What happens:** cool, add, become, enamour, consult, lose · **To what, where:** passion, things, relish, Abdalasis, affairs

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Muza.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Possession, Abdalasis, counsels), 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:pg77685:38:1
# text = Possession, instead of cooling the passion of Abdalasis, only added to its force; he became blindly enamoured of his beautiful bride, and consulted her will in all things; nay, having lost all relish for the advice of the discreet Ayub, he was even guided by the counsels of his wife in the affairs of government.
1	Possession	possession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=SCONJ	5	mark	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	cooling	cool	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	passion	passion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Abdalasis	Abdalasis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	only	only	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	added	add	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
17	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
19	blindly	blindly	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	enamoured	enamour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	xcomp	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
23	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	bride	bride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	consulted	consult	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	conj	_	_
28	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	_
29	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	27	ccomp	_	_
30	in	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
31	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	32	det	_	_
32	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
34	nay	nay	INTJ	UH	_	37	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
36	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	37	aux	_	_
37	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	18	conj	_	_
38	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	39	det	_	_
39	relish	relish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obj	_	_
40	for	for	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
45	discreet	discreet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	Ayub	Ayub	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
47	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	51	punct	_	_
48	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	51	nsubj	_	_
49	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	51	aux:pass	_	_
50	even	even	ADV	RB	_	51	advmod	_	_
51	guided	guide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	37	conj	_	_
52	by	by	ADP	IN	_	54	case	_	_
53	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	54	det	_	_
54	counsels	counsel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	obl	_	_
55	of	of	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
56	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	57	nmod:poss	_	_
57	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	54	nmod	_	_
58	in	in	ADP	IN	_	60	case	_	_
59	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	60	det	_	_
60	affairs	affair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	51	obl	_	_
61	of	of	ADP	IN	_	62	case	_	_
62	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	60	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
63	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cool** | gerund | Possession | the passion of Abdalasis |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent passion=Patient |
| 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | participle | Possession *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to Possession's force | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to force=Co-Patient |
| 3 | **become** | past | Abdalasis |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **enamour** | participle | Abdalasis *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of Abdalasis's beautiful bride; blindly *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **consult** | past | Abdalasis *not said here* |  |  | all things |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **lose** | gerund · perfect | Abdalasis *not said here* | all relish |  |  |  | for the advice of the discreet Ayub | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent relish=Eventuality |
| 7 | **guide** | past · passive | the counsels of Abdalasis's wife | Abdalasis |  | the affairs of government |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme in affair=Destination |

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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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