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title: The astrologer listened with deep attention and overwhelming brow to… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: The astrologer listened with deep attention and overwhelming brow to all the surmises and suspicions of the emir; then shut himself up to consult his books, and commune with those supernatural intelligences subservient to his wisdom. Who acts: astrologer. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Sp
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., sentence 50

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The astrologer listened with deep attention and overwhelming brow to all the surmises and suspicions of the emir; then shut himself up to consult his books, and commune with those supernatural intelligences subservient to his wisdom.

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**Who acts:** astrologer · **What happens:** listen, shut up, consult, suspect · **To what, where:** commune subservient, astrologer, books, emir

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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 (astrologer), 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:pg77685:39:50
# text = The astrologer listened with deep attention and overwhelming brow to all the surmises and suspicions of the emir; then shut himself up to consult his books, and commune with those supernatural intelligences subservient to his wisdom.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	astrologer	astrologer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	listened	listen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	deep	deep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	overwhelming	overwhelming	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	brow	brow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	13	det:predet	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	surmises	surmise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	suspicions	suspicion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	emir	emir	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
20	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	21	advmod	_	_
21	shut	shut	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
22	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	21	obj	_	_
23	up	up	ADP	RP	_	21	compound:prt	_	_
24	to	to	PART	TO	_	25	mark	_	_
25	consult	consult	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	advcl	_	_
26	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	_	_
27	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	35	cc	_	_
30	commune	commune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	compound	_	_
31	with	with	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
32	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	34	det	_	_
33	supernatural	supernatural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	intelligences	intelligence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	nmod	_	_
35	subservient	subservient	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
36	to	to	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
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## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **listen** | past | the astrologer | commune subservient to astrologer's wisdom |  |  |  | with deep attention and overwhelming brow to all surmises and suspicions of the emir | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **shut up** | infinitive | the astrologer *not said here* | astrologer |  |  | then |  | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient |
| 3 | **consult** | to-infinitive | the astrologer *not said here* | astrologer's books |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme |
| 4 | **suspect** |  |  | the emir |  |  |  |  | nom suspicion «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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