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title: [31] In this legend most of the facts respecting the Arab inroads in… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: [31] In this legend most of the facts respecting the Arab inroads into Spain are on the authority of Arabian writers; who had the most accurate means of information. Who acts: facts, most, authority, accurate. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Fate of Abdalasis a
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Muza., sentence 63

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\[31\] In this legend most of the facts respecting the Arab inroads into Spain are on the authority of Arabian writers; who had the most accurate means of information.

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**Who acts:** facts, most, authority, accurate · **What happens:** respect, be, have, mean · **To what, where:** Arab inroads, Spain, legend, authority, 31

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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 (facts, most, authority, accurate), 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:pg77685:38:64
# text = [31] In this legend most of the facts respecting the Arab inroads into Spain are on the authority of Arabian writers; who had the most accurate means of information.
1	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	31	31	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
4	In	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	legend	legend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	20	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
11	respecting	respect	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Arab	Arab	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	inroads	inroad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
15	into	into	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	authority	authority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	acl:relcl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	Arabian	Arabian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	writers	writer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
25	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	26	nsubj	_	_
26	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	conj	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	29	advmod	_	_
29	accurate	accurate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	nsubj	_	_
30	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	ccomp	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **respect** | gerund | the facts *not said here* | the Arab inroads |  | Spain |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer inroad=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present | most of the facts | this legend *not said here* |  | the authority |  | of Arabian writers | tree rules |
| 3 | **have** | past | the authority |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **mean** | present | the accurate |  |  |  |  | of information | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=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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