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title: The open and magnanimous character of Abdalasis had won the hearts o… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: The open and magnanimous character of Abdalasis had won the hearts of a great part of the soldiery, and his magnificence pleased the cavaliers who formed his guard: it was feared, therefore, that a sanguinary opposition would be made to any attempt upon his person. Who acts: open character, cavalier
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Muza., sentence 32

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The open and magnanimous character of Abdalasis had won the hearts of a great part of the soldiery, and his magnificence pleased the cavaliers who formed his guard: it was feared, therefore, that a sanguinary opposition would be made to any attempt upon his person.

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**Who acts:** open character, cavaliers · **What happens:** win, form, fear, make · **To what, where:** hearts, guard, magnificence, sanguinary opposition

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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 (open character, cavaliers), 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:pg77685:38:32
# text = The open and magnanimous character of Abdalasis had won the hearts of a great part of the soldiery, and his magnificence pleased the cavaliers who formed his guard: it was feared, therefore, that a sanguinary opposition would be made to any attempt upon his person.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	magnanimous	magnanimous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	character	character	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Abdalasis	Abdalasis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	won	win	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	hearts	heart	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	soldiery	soldiery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
21	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	22	nmod:poss	_	_
22	magnificence	magnificence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	_	_
23	pleased	pleased	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	cavaliers	cavalier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obj	_	_
26	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	27	nsubj	_	_
27	formed	form	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	25	acl:relcl	_	_
28	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	33	punct	_	_
31	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj:pass	_	_
32	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	aux:pass	_	_
33	feared	fear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
35	therefore	therefore	ADV	RB	_	33	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
37	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	43	mark	_	_
38	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
39	sanguinary	sanguinary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	40	amod	_	_
40	opposition	opposition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	nsubj:pass	_	_
41	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	43	aux	_	_
42	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	43	aux:pass	_	_
43	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	33	conj	_	_
44	to	to	ADP	IN	_	46	case	_	_
45	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	46	det	_	_
46	attempt	attempt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obl	_	_
47	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
49	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **win** | past · perfect | the open character of Abdalasis | the hearts of a great part of the soldiery |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heart=Eventuality |
| 2 | **form** | past | the cavaliers | character's guard |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location guard=Theme |
| 3 | **fear** | past · passive |  | magnificence |  |  |  | therefore *property* | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
| 4 | **make** | would · passive |  | a sanguinary opposition |  |  |  | to any attempt upon character's person | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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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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