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title: The mandate for the death of Abdalasis was sent to Abhilbar ben Obei… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: The mandate for the death of Abdalasis was sent to Abhilbar ben Obeidah and Zeyd ben Nabegat, both of whom had been cherished friends of Muza, and had lived in intimate favour and companionship with his son. Who acts: ben, Abdalasis. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irv
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Muza., sentence 23

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The mandate for the death of Abdalasis was sent to Abhilbar ben Obeidah and Zeyd ben Nabegat, both of whom had been cherished friends of Muza, and had lived in intimate favour and companionship with his son.

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**Who acts:** ben, Abdalasis · **What happens:** send, cherish, live, die · **To what, where:** mandate, Abhilbar ben, intimate favour

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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 (ben, Abdalasis), 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:pg77685:38:23
# text = The mandate for the death of Abdalasis was sent to Abhilbar ben Obeidah and Zeyd ben Nabegat, both of whom had been cherished friends of Muza, and had lived in intimate favour and companionship with his son.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mandate	mandate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Abdalasis	Abdalasis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	Abhilbar	Abhilbar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	ben	ben	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	Obeidah	Obeidah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	Zeyd	Zeyd	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
16	ben	BenJacoby@ECT	PROPN	GW	Typo=Yes	9	obl:agent	_	_
17	Nabegat	Nabegat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	goeswith	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
19	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	25	det	_	_
20	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	whom	whom	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	24	obl	_	_
22	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
23	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	24	aux:pass	_	_
24	cherished	cherish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	amod	_	_
25	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	Muza	Muza	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
30	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	31	aux	_	_
31	lived	live	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	conj	_	_
32	in	in	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	intimate	intimate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	favour	favour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	36	cc	_	_
36	companionship	companionship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	conj	_	_
37	with	with	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
38	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	39	nmod:poss	_	_
39	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | past · passive | ben  Nabegat and both cherished friends of Muza | the mandate for the death of Abdalasis |  | Abhilbar ben |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Theme to ben=Destination |
| 2 | **cherish** | past · perfect · passive |  |  |  |  |  | of both cherished friends of Muza | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S» |
| 3 | **live** | past · perfect | ben  Nabegat and both cherished friends of Muza *not said here* |  |  | intimate favour with Abdalasis's son and companionship |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in favour=Location |
| 4 | **die** |  | Abdalasis |  |  |  |  |  | nom death «event intransitive»: of=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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