--- title: After these were over, such of the attendants of the princess as ref… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: After these were over, such of the attendants of the princess as refused to embrace Christianity, and desired to return to Africa, were dismissed with munificent presents; and an embassy was sent to the king of Algiers, to inform him of the nuptials of his daughter, and to proffer him the friendship --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/4/45/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends of the conquest of Spain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/) / [Of the Loves of Roderick and the Princ…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/4/) / 45 # Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of the Loves of Roderick and the Princess Elyata., sentence 45 After these were over, such of the attendants of the princess as refused to embrace Christianity, and desired to return to Africa, were dismissed with munificent presents; and an embassy was sent to the king of Algiers, to inform him of the nuptials of his daughter, and to proffer him the friendship of King Roderick. **Who acts:** these · **What happens:** be, refuse, not embrace, desire, return, dismiss · **To what, where:** princess, Christianity, attendants, Africa, embassy, king 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 (these), 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:pg77685:4:45 # text = After these were over, such of the attendants of the princess as refused to embrace Christianity, and desired to return to Africa, were dismissed with munificent presents; and an embassy was sent to the king of Algiers, to inform him of the nuptials of his daughter, and to proffer him the friendship of King Roderick. 1 After after SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 these this PRON DT Number=Plur|PronType=Dem 4 nsubj _ _ 3 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 over over ADV RB _ 6 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 6 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 9 case _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 attendants attendant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 princess princess NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 as as SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 refused refuse VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 embrace embrace VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 14 xcomp _ _ 17 Christianity Christianity PROPN NNP Number=Sing 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 20 desired desire VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 21 to to PART TO _ 22 mark _ _ 22 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 20 xcomp _ _ 23 to to ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 Africa Africa PROPN NNP Number=Sing 22 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 26 were be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 dismissed dismiss VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 28 with with ADP IN _ 30 case _ _ 29 munificent munificent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 30 amod _ _ 30 presents present NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 31 ; ; PUNCT : _ 36 punct _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 33 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 34 det _ _ 34 embassy embassy NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nsubj:pass _ _ 35 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 36 aux:pass _ _ 36 sent send VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 27 parataxis _ _ 37 to to ADP IN _ 39 case _ _ 38 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 39 det _ _ 39 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 obl _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 Algiers Algiers PROPN NNP Number=Sing 39 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 , , PUNCT , _ 44 punct _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 inform inform VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 36 conj _ _ 45 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 44 obj _ _ 46 of of ADP IN _ 48 case _ _ 47 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 48 det _ _ 48 nuptials nuptial NOUN NNS Number=Plur 44 obl _ _ 49 of of ADP IN _ 51 case _ _ 50 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 51 nmod:poss _ _ 51 daughter daughter NOUN NN Number=Sing 48 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 52 , , PUNCT , _ 55 punct _ _ 53 and and CCONJ CC _ 55 cc _ _ 54 to to PART TO _ 55 mark _ _ 55 proffer proffer VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 27 conj _ _ 56 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 55 obj _ _ 57 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 friendship friendship NOUN NN Number=Sing 55 obj _ _ 59 of of ADP IN _ 61 case _ _ 60 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 61 compound _ _ 61 Roderick Roderick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 58 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 62 . . PUNCT . _ 27 punct _ SpaceAfter=No ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | these | | | | | over *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **refuse** | participle | | the princess *not said here* | | | | | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **not** **embrace** | to-infinitive | | Christianity | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent christianity=Co-Agent | | 4 | **desire** | participle | | the attendants of the princess *not said here* | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 5 | **return** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | Africa | | | | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to africa=Result | | 6 | **dismiss** | past · passive | | | | | | such the attendants of the princess; with munificent presents | vn reject-77.2-1 «NP V how S» | | 7 | **send** | past · passive | | a embassy | the king of Algiers | | | | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to king=Destination | | 8 | **inform** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | Christianity | | | of the nuptials of Christianity's daughter | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient of nuptial=Topic | | 9 | **proffer** | to-infinitive | | the friendship of King Roderick | Christianity | | | | vn contribute-13.2-2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Recipient friendship=Theme | 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 44](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/4/44/) - next →: [sentence 46](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/4/46/) - ↑ back to [Of the Loves of Roderick and the Princess Elyata.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/4/)