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title: She saw that Abdalasis had great power in the land; greater even tha… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: She saw that Abdalasis had great power in the land; greater even than had been possessed by the Gothic kings; but she considered it as wanting in true splendour until his brows should be encircled with the outward badge of royalty. Who acts: Exilona, Abdalasis, Gothic kings. A sentence of «Legends o
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Muza., sentence 3

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She saw that Abdalasis had great power in the land; greater even than had been possessed by the Gothic kings; but she considered it as wanting in true splendour until his brows should be encircled with the outward badge of royalty.

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**Who acts:** Exilona, Abdalasis, Gothic kings · **What happens:** see, have, possess, consider, want, encircle · **To what, where:** great power, land, power, true splendour, brows, royalty · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (Exilona, Abdalasis, Gothic kings), 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:pg77685:38:3
# text = She saw that Abdalasis had great power in the land; greater even than had been possessed by the Gothic kings; but she considered it as wanting in true splendour until his brows should be encircled with the outward badge of royalty.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	Abdalasis	Abdalasis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
12	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	conj	_	_
13	even	even	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
14	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
15	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	17	aux:pass	_	_
17	possessed	possess	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
18	by	by	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	Gothic	gothic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	kings	king	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
23	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
24	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	nsubj	_	_
25	considered	consider	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
26	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	obj	_	_
27	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	28	mark	_	_
28	wanting	want	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	25	advcl	_	_
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	_	_
31	splendour	splendour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
32	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	37	mark	_	_
33	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	34	nmod:poss	_	_
34	brows	brow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	37	nsubj:pass	_	_
35	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	37	aux	_	_
36	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	37	aux:pass	_	_
37	encircled	encircle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	advcl	_	_
38	with	with	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
40	outward	outward	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	41	amod	_	_
41	badge	badge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	obl	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	royalty	royalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | past | Exilona |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **have** | past | Abdalasis | great power |  | the land |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent power=Patient |
| 3 | **possess** | past · perfect · passive | the Gothic kings |  |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **consider** | past | Exilona | power |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute |
| 5 | **want** | gerund | Exilona *not said here* |  |  | true splendour |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 6 | **encircle** | should · passive |  | Abdalasis's brows |  |  |  | with the outward badge of royalty | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Destination with badge=Theme |
| 7 | **badge** |  |  | royalty |  |  |  |  | nom badge «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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