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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Muza., sentence 60

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Such was the lamentable end of the conqueror of Spain; whose great achievements were not sufficient to atone, in the eye of his sovereign, for a weakness to which all men ambitious of renown are subject; and whose triumphs eventually brought persecution upon himself, and untimely death upon his children.

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**Who acts:** Such, great achievements, men, triumphs · **What happens:** be, not be, atone, bring · **To what, where:** lamentable end, eye, persecution

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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 (Such, great achievements, men, triumphs), 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:pg77685:38:60
# text = Such was the lamentable end of the conqueror of Spain; whose great achievements were not sufficient to atone, in the eye of his sovereign, for a weakness to which all men ambitious of renown are subject; and whose triumphs eventually brought persecution upon himself, and untimely death upon his children.
1	Such	Such	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	lamentable	lamentable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	conqueror	conqueror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	achievements	achievement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
15	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
18	to	to	PART	TO	_	19	mark	_	_
19	atone	atone	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	eye	eye	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	sovereign	sovereign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
28	for	for	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	weakness	weakness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	_
31	to	to	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	39	obl	_	_
33	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	34	det	_	_
34	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	nsubj	_	_
35	ambitious	ambitious	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	renown	renown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	_
38	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	39	cop	_	_
39	subject	subject	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	45	punct	_	_
41	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	45	cc	_	_
42	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	43	nmod:poss	_	_
43	triumphs	triumph	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	45	nsubj	_	_
44	eventually	eventually	ADV	RB	_	45	advmod	_	_
45	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
46	persecution	persecution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obj	_	_
47	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
48	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	45	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
51	untimely	untimely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	52	amod	_	_
52	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	45	obl	_	_
53	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
54	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	55	nmod:poss	_	_
55	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Such | the lamentable end |  |  |  | of the conqueror of Spain | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **is** | past | great achievements |  |  |  |  | sufficient *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **atone** | to-infinitive |  | the eye of veteran's sovereign |  |  |  | a weakness *conj* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present | all men ambitious renown |  |  |  |  | to a weakness; subject *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **bring** | past | triumphs | persecution |  |  |  | upon veteran; untimely death upon veteran's children *obl*; eventually *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent persecution=Theme |

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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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