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title: The assumption of the insignia of the ancient Gothic kings was soon… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: The assumption of the insignia of the ancient Gothic kings was soon rumoured about, and caused the most violent suspicions. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Muza., with its dependency tree and the pragmatics of every claus
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Muza., sentence 16

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The assumption of the insignia of the ancient Gothic kings was soon rumoured about, and caused the most violent suspicions.

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**What happens:** rumour, cause, assume · **To what, where:** assumption, violent suspicions, insignia

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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: 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:pg77685:38:16
# text = The assumption of the insignia of the ancient Gothic kings was soon rumoured about, and caused the most violent suspicions.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	assumption	assumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	insignia	insignia	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	ancient	ancient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	Gothic	gothic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
12	soon	soon	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	_	_
13	rumoured	rumour	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
14	about	about	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
19	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	20	advmod	_	_
20	violent	violent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	suspicions	suspicion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rumour** | past · passive |  | the assumption of the insignia of the ancient Gothic kings |  |  |  | about, soon *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cause** | past |  | the violent suspicions |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition suspicion=Patient |
| 3 | **assume** |  |  | the insignia of the ancient Gothic kings |  |  |  |  | nom assumption «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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