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title: In his fury, he put to death Siseburto and Evan, the nephews of Bish… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: In his fury, he put to death Siseburto and Evan, the nephews of Bishop Oppas, and sons of the former king, Witiza, suspecting them of taking part in the treason. Who acts: hesitation. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., with 
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., sentence 65

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In his fury, he put to death Siseburto and Evan, the nephews of Bishop Oppas, and sons of the former king, Witiza, suspecting them of taking part in the treason.

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**Who acts:** hesitation · **What happens:** put, suspect, take, infuriate · **To what, where:** sons, death Siseburto, fury, nephews, part, treason

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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 (hesitation), 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:pg77685:39:65
# text = In his fury, he put to death Siseburto and Evan, the nephews of Bishop Oppas, and sons of the former king, Witiza, suspecting them of taking part in the treason.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	fury	fury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	death	death	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	Siseburto	Siseburto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	Evan	Evan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	nephews	nephew	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Bishop	Bishop	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	appos	_	_
17	Oppas	Oppas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	Witiza	Witiza	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	24	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
28	suspecting	suspect	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
29	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	obj	_	_
30	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	31	mark	_	_
31	taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	28	advcl	_	_
32	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obj	_	_
33	in	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	treason	treason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | past | hesitation | sons of the former king | death Siseburto and Evan and the nephews | hesitation's fury |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in fury=Destination |
| 2 | **suspect** | gerund | hesitation *not said here* | nephews *= nephew* |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent they=Attribute |
| 3 | **take** | gerund | hesitation *not said here* | part |  | the treason |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent part=Value in treason=Location |
| 4 | **infuriate** |  | hesitation |  |  |  |  |  | nom fury «feeling transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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