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title: [38] According to Arabian legends, this table was a mirror revealing… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: [38] According to Arabian legends, this table was a mirror revealing all great events; insomuch that by looking on it the possessor might behold battles and sieges and feats of chivalry, and all actions worthy of renown; and might thus ascertain the truth of all historic transactions. Who acts: tabl
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Fate of Abdalasis and Exilona.—death of Muza., sentence 82

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\[38\] According to Arabian legends, this table was a mirror revealing all great events; insomuch that by looking on it the possessor might behold battles and sieges and feats of chivalry, and all actions worthy of renown; and might thus ascertain the truth of all historic transactions.

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**Who acts:** table, mirror · **What happens:** accord, be, reveal, look, behold, ascertain · **To what, where:** mirror, great events, possessor, table, insomuch, truth

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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 (table, mirror), 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:pg77685:38:83
# text = [38] According to Arabian legends, this table was a mirror revealing all great events; insomuch that by looking on it the possessor might behold battles and sieges and feats of chivalry, and all actions worthy of renown; and might thus ascertain the truth of all historic transactions.
1	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	38	38	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
4	According	accord	VERB	VBG	ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	case	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	Arabian	Arabian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	legends	legend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	mirror	mirror	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
14	revealing	reveal	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	13	acl	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	17	det	_	_
16	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	events	event	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
19	insomuch	insomuch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
20	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	28	obj	_	_
21	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
22	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	28	advcl	_	_
23	on	on	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obl	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	possessor	possessor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obj	_	_
27	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
28	behold	behold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	acl:relcl	_	_
29	battles	battle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obj	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	sieges	siege	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	conj	_	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
33	feats	feat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	conj	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
35	chivalry	chivalry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	40	punct	_	_
37	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	40	cc	_	_
38	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	39	det	_	_
39	actions	action	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	40	compound	_	_
40	worthy	worthy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	appos	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
42	renown	renown	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	47	punct	_	_
44	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
45	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
46	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	47	advmod	_	_
47	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
48	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	49	det	_	_
49	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	_
50	of	of	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
51	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	53	det	_	_
52	historic	historic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	53	amod	_	_
53	transactions	transaction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	49	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accord** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | past | this table | a mirror and insomuch |  |  |  | insomuch *conj* | tree rules |
| 3 | **reveal** | gerund | a mirror and insomuch *not said here* | all great events |  |  |  |  | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent event=Topic |
| 4 | **look** | gerund |  | the possessor |  | table |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme possessor=Attribute |
| 5 | **behold** | might |  | insomuch |  |  |  | battles and sieges and feats of chivalry *obj* | tree rules |
| 6 | **ascertain** | might |  | the truth of all historic transactions |  |  |  | thus *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truth=Topic |

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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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