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title: The old chronicle from which we take this part of our legend present… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: The old chronicle from which we take this part of our legend presents a gloomy picture of the countess in the stern fortress to which she had fled for refuge; a picture heightened by supernatural horrors. Who acts: we, old chronicle, Ceuta. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washing
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Legend of Count Julian and His Family., sentence 70

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The old chronicle from which we take this part of our legend presents a gloomy picture of the countess in the stern fortress to which she had fled for refuge; a picture heightened by supernatural horrors.

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**Who acts:** we, old chronicle, Ceuta · **What happens:** take, present, flee, heighten · **To what, where:** part, old chronicle, gloomy picture, stern fortress, picture

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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 (we, old chronicle, Ceuta), 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:pg77685:39:70
# text = The old chronicle from which we take this part of our legend presents a gloomy picture of the countess in the stern fortress to which she had fled for refuge; a picture heightened by supernatural horrors.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	chronicle	chronicle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	obl	_	_
6	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	legend	legend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	presents	present	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	gloomy	gloomy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	countess	countess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	stern	stern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	fortress	fortress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
24	to	to	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
25	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	28	obl	_	_
26	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	28	nsubj	_	_
27	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	28	aux	_	_
28	fled	flee	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	23	acl:relcl	_	_
29	for	for	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
30	refuge	refuge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	33	punct	_	_
32	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	picture	picture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	parataxis	_	_
34	heightened	heighten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	33	acl	_	_
35	by	by	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	supernatural	supernatural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	horrors	horror	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	34	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | we | this part of our legend |  | the old chronicle |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent part=Theme from which=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **present** | present | the old chronicle | a gloomy picture of the countess in the stern fortress |  |  |  | a picture *parataxis* | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picture=Theme |
| 3 | **flee** | past · perfect | Ceuta |  |  | the stern fortress |  | for refuge | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to which=Initial\_Location |
| 4 | **heighten** | participle |  | a picture *not said here* |  |  |  | by supernatural horrors | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=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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