--- title: Roderick was readily persuaded of the sincerity of Count Julian; he… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Roderick was readily persuaded of the sincerity of Count Julian; he was aware of his merits as a soldier and a governor, and continued him in his important command; honouring him with many other marks of implicit confidence. Who acts: Roderick. 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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 (Roderick), 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:pg77685:5:11 # text = Roderick was readily persuaded of the sincerity of Count Julian; he was aware of his merits as a soldier and a governor, and continued him in his important command; honouring him with many other marks of implicit confidence. 1 Roderick Roderick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 readily readily ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 persuaded persuade VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 sincerity sincerity NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 Count Count PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 Julian Julian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ; ; PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 12 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 aware aware ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 conj _ _ 15 of of ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 17 nmod:poss _ _ 17 merits merit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obl _ _ 18 as as ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 soldier soldier NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 governor governor NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 24 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 continued continue VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 27 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 26 obj _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 30 important important ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 31 amod _ _ 31 command command NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 32 ; ; PUNCT : _ 33 punct _ _ 33 honouring honour VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 advcl _ _ 34 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 33 obj _ _ 35 with with ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 36 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 37 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 38 amod _ _ 38 marks mark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 33 obl _ _ 39 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 40 implicit implicit ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 confidence confidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 38 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 42 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **persuade** | past · passive | | Roderick | | | | of the sincerity of Count; readily *property* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **is** | past | Roderick | | | | | of Roderick's merits as a soldier and a governor; aware *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **continue** | past | | Roderick | | Roderick's important command | | | vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Theme | | 4 | **honour** | gerund | | Roderick | | | | with many other marks of implicit confidence | tree rules | | 5 | **command** | | Roderick | | | | | | nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent | | 6 | **mark** | | | implicit confidence | | | | | nom mark «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/5/10/) - next →: [sentence 12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/5/12/) - ↑ back to [Of Count Julian.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/5/)