--- title: The same messenger brought word that the Emir Alahor had put to deat… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: The same messenger brought word that the Emir Alahor had put to death several of the friends of Count Julian; had obliged him to fly for his life to a castle in Arragon; and was embarking with a formidable force for Ceuta. Who acts: same messenger. 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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 (same messenger), 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:pg77685:39:83 # text = The same messenger brought word that the Emir Alahor had put to death several of the friends of Count Julian; had obliged him to fly for his life to a castle in Arragon; and was embarking with a formidable force for Ceuta. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 messenger messenger NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 brought bring VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 6 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obj _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 Emir Emir PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 compound _ _ 9 Alahor Alahor PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 10 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 put put VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 acl:relcl _ _ 12 to to ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 death death NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 14 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 conj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 17 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 Count Count PROPN NNP Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 20 Julian Julian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 22 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 23 aux _ _ 23 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ _ 24 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 to to PART TO _ 26 mark _ _ 26 fly fly VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 23 advcl _ _ 27 for for ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 29 nmod:poss _ _ 29 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 30 to to ADP IN _ 32 case _ _ 31 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 32 det _ _ 32 castle castle NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 34 case _ _ 34 Arragon Arragon PROPN NNP Number=Sing 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 35 ; ; PUNCT : _ 38 punct _ _ 36 and and CCONJ CC _ 38 cc _ _ 37 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 38 aux _ _ 38 embarking embark VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 39 with with ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 40 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 41 formidable formidable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 42 amod _ _ 42 force force NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 obl _ _ 43 for for ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 Ceuta Ceuta PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **bring** | past | the same messenger | word | | | | | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent word=Theme | | 2 | **put** | past · perfect · passive | | the Emir Alahor | | | | to death; word *obj* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Asset that=Goal | | 3 | **oblige** | past · perfect | the same messenger *not said here* | messenger | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | | 4 | **fly** | to-infinitive | the same messenger *not said here* | | | | | for messenger's life; to a castle in Arragon *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to castle=Result | | 5 | **embark** | past · progressive | the same messenger *not said here* | | | | | with a formidable force for Ceuta | tree rules | 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 82](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/39/82/) - next →: [sentence 84](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/39/84/) - ↑ back to [Legend of Count Julian and His Family.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/39/)