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title: They sent letters to Damascus accusing him of apostacy, and of an in… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: They sent letters to Damascus accusing him of apostacy, and of an intention to seize upon the throne in right of his wife, Exilona, as widow of the late King Roderick. Who acts: enemies. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Mu
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Muza., sentence 19

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They sent letters to Damascus accusing him of apostacy, and of an intention to seize upon the throne in right of his wife, Exilona, as widow of the late King Roderick.

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**Who acts:** enemies · **What happens:** send, accuse, seize · **To what, where:** letters, Damascus, Abdalasis, right

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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 (enemies), 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:pg77685:38:19
# text = They sent letters to Damascus accusing him of apostacy, and of an intention to seize upon the throne in right of his wife, Exilona, as widow of the late King Roderick.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sent	send	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	letters	letter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Damascus	Damascus	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	accusing	accuse	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	apostacy	apostacy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	intention	intention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	seize	seize	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
17	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	throne	throne	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	24	nmod:poss	_	_
24	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	Exilona	Exilona	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
28	as	as	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	widow	widow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
32	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
33	King	King	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	compound	_	_
34	Roderick	Roderick	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past | enemies *= enemy* | letters | Damascus |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to damascus=Destination |
| 2 | **accuse** | gerund | enemies *= enemy* *not said here* | Abdalasis |  |  |  | of apostacy | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme of apostacy=Attribute |
| 3 | **seize** | to-infinitive | enemies *= enemy* *not said here* |  |  | right of Abdalasis's wife |  | of a intention; upon the throne; as widow of the late King Roderick | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent of intention=Source |

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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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