--- title: A multitude of Christian prisoners were then brought forth; and Alah… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: A multitude of Christian prisoners were then brought forth; and Alahor cried out—“Behold the wife of Count Julian; behold one of that traitorous family which has brought ruin upon yourselves and upon your country.” Who acts: Alahor. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Alahor), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg77685:39:164 # text = A multitude of Christian prisoners were then brought forth; and Alahor cried out—“Behold the wife of Count Julian; behold one of that traitorous family which has brought ruin upon yourselves and upon your country.” 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 multitude multitude NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 Christian Christian ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 prisoners prisoner NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 6 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 7 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 8 advmod _ _ 8 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 9 forth forth ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 11 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 12 Alahor Alahor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 13 nsubj _ _ 13 cried cry VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 14 out out ADP RP _ 13 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 15 — - PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 “ " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 Behold behold INTJ UH _ 19 discourse _ _ 18 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 wife wife NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl _ _ 20 of of ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 Count Count PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 compound _ _ 22 Julian Julian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ; ; PUNCT : _ 25 punct _ _ 24 behold behold INTJ UH _ 25 discourse _ _ 25 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 parataxis _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 27 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 29 det _ _ 28 traitorous traitorous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj:pass _ _ 31 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 brought bring VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 29 acl:relcl _ _ 33 ruin ruin NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obj _ _ 34 upon upon ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 35 yourselves yourselves PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 33 nmod _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 39 cc _ _ 37 upon upon ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 39 nmod:poss _ _ 39 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 33 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 40 . . PUNCT . _ 25 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 41 ” " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past · passive | | a multitude of Christian prisoners | | | then | one of that traitorous family *parataxis*; forth *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **cry out** *speech: express* | past | Alahor | the wife of Count Julian | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **bring** *in a quote* | present · perfect · passive | | that traitorous family | | | | ruin and your country *obj* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Destination ruin=Theme | 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. **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. - ← previous: [sentence 163](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/39/163/) - next →: [sentence 165](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/39/165/) - ↑ back to [Legend of Count Julian and His Family.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/39/)