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title: About this time, the cruel Suleiman, having destroyed the family of… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: About this time, the cruel Suleiman, having destroyed the family of Muza, had sent an Arab general, named Alahor, to succeed Abdalasis as emir or governor of Spain. Who acts: cruel Suleiman. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Legend of Count Julian and His Family.
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., sentence 41

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About this time, the cruel Suleiman, having destroyed the family of Muza, had sent an Arab general, named Alahor, to succeed Abdalasis as emir or governor of Spain.

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**Who acts:** cruel Suleiman · **What happens:** destroy, send, name, succeed · **To what, where:** family, cruel Suleiman, Arab general, Abdalasis

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Legend of Count Julian and His Family.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (cruel Suleiman), 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:pg77685:39:41
# text = About this time, the cruel Suleiman, having destroyed the family of Muza, had sent an Arab general, named Alahor, to succeed Abdalasis as emir or governor of Spain.
1	About	about	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	cruel	cruel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	Suleiman	Suleiman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	having	have	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	aux	_	_
10	destroyed	destroy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Muza	Muza	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
16	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
18	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	Arab	Arab	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	general	general	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	acl	_	_
23	Alahor	Alahor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
25	to	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	_	_
26	succeed	succeed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	advcl	_	_
27	Abdalasis	Abdalasis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	obj	_	_
28	as	as	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	emir	emir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	_
30	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	governor	governor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	conj	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **destroy** | gerund · perfect | the cruel Suleiman *not said here* | the family of Muza |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Patient |
| 2 | **send** | past · perfect · passive |  | the cruel Suleiman |  |  | time | a Arab general *obj* | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination general=Theme |
| 3 | **name** | participle |  | a Arab general *not said here* |  |  |  | Alahor *xcomp* | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **succeed** | to-infinitive |  | Abdalasis |  |  |  | as emir or governor of Spain | tree rules |

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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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