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title: The princess was arrayed in bridal robes, woven in the most costly l… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: The princess was arrayed in bridal robes, woven in the most costly looms of the orient; her diadem sparkled with diamonds, and was decorated with the rarest plumes of the bird of paradise; and even the silken trappings of her palfrey, which swept the ground, were covered with pearls and precious sto
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Loves of Roderick and the Princess Elyata., sentence 27

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The princess was arrayed in bridal robes, woven in the most costly looms of the orient; her diadem sparkled with diamonds, and was decorated with the rarest plumes of the bird of paradise; and even the silken trappings of her palfrey, which swept the ground, were covered with pearls and precious stones.

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**Who acts:** diadem, silken trappings · **What happens:** array, weave, sparkle, decorate, sweep, cover · **To what, where:** princess, bridal robes, costly looms, ground

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Of the Loves of Roderick and the Princess Elyata.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (diadem, silken trappings), 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:pg77685:4:27
# text = The princess was arrayed in bridal robes, woven in the most costly looms of the orient; her diadem sparkled with diamonds, and was decorated with the rarest plumes of the bird of paradise; and even the silken trappings of her palfrey, which swept the ground, were covered with pearls and precious stones.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	princess	princess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	arrayed	array	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	bridal	bridal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	robes	robe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	woven	weave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	13	advmod	_	_
13	costly	costly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	looms	loom	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	orient	orient	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
19	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	diadem	diadem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	sparkled	sparkle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
22	with	with	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	diamonds	diamond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
26	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	27	aux:pass	_	_
27	decorated	decorate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	conj	_	_
28	with	with	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
30	rarest	rare	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	31	amod	_	_
31	plumes	plume	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obl	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	paradise	paradise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	42	punct	_	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	42	cc	_	_
39	even	even	ADV	RB	_	42	advmod	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
41	silken	silken	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	42	amod	_	_
42	trappings	trapping	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	45	nmod:poss	_	_
45	palfrey	palfrey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	48	punct	_	_
47	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	48	nsubj	_	_
48	swept	sweep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	42	parataxis	_	_
49	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	50	det	_	_
50	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	53	punct	_	_
52	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	53	aux:pass	_	_
53	covered	cover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	48	conj	_	_
54	with	with	ADP	IN	_	55	case	_	_
55	pearls	pearl	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	obl	_	_
56	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	58	cc	_	_
57	precious	precious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	58	amod	_	_
58	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	55	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **array** | past · passive |  | the princess |  | bridal robes |  | the silken trappings of band's palfrey *conj* | tree rules |
| 2 | **weave** | participle |  | bridal robes *not said here* |  | the costly looms of the orient |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in loom=Trajectory |
| 3 | **sparkle** | participle | band's diadem |  |  |  |  | with diamonds | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with diamond=Theme |
| 4 | **decorate** | past · passive | band's diadem *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with the rarest plumes of the bird of paradise | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: with plume=Theme |
| 5 | **sweep** | past | the silken trappings of band's palfrey | the ground |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ground=Trajectory |
| 6 | **cover** | past · passive | the silken trappings of band's palfrey *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with pearls and precious stones | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: with pearl=Theme |

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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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