--- title: Having thus accomplished his barbarous errand, the emir embarked for… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Having thus accomplished his barbarous errand, the emir embarked for Spain, and ordered the citadel of Ceuta to be set on fire, and crossed the straights at night by the light of its towering flames. Who acts: Having, light. 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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 (Having, light), 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:pg77685:39:169 # text = Having thus accomplished his barbarous errand, the emir embarked for Spain, and ordered the citadel of Ceuta to be set on fire, and crossed the straights at night by the light of its towering flames. 1 Having have VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 csubj _ _ 2 thus thus ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 accomplished accomplish VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 5 barbarous barbarous ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 errand errand NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 emir emir NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 appos _ _ 10 embarked embark VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 Spain Spain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 15 ordered order VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 citadel citadel NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Ceuta Ceuta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 set set VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 17 acl _ _ 23 on on ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 fire fire NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 27 punct _ _ 26 and and CCONJ CC _ 27 cc _ _ 27 crossed cross VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 straights straight NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 30 at at ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 by by ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 33 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 35 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 37 towering towering ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 flames flame NOUN NNS Number=Plur 34 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | gerund | | | | | | thus *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **accomplish** | past | Having | God's barbarous errand | | | | | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent errand=Eventuality | | 3 | **embark** | participle | | the emir *not said here* | | | | for Spain | tree rules | | 4 | **order** | past | | the citadel of Ceuta | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent citadel=Theme | | 5 | **set** | to-infinitive · passive | | the citadel of Ceuta *not said here* | | fire | | | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: on fire=Destination | | 6 | **cross** | past | Having *not said here* | the straights | | | night | by the light of light's towering flames | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent straight=Patient | | 7 | **light** | | | light's towering flames | | | | | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient | | 8 | **flame** | | light | | | | | | nom flame «process intransitive»: poss=agent | 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 168](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/39/168/) - next →: [sentence 170](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/39/170/) - ↑ back to [Legend of Count Julian and His Family.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/39/)