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title: He was of one of the proudest Gothic families, lord of Consuegra and… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: He was of one of the proudest Gothic families, lord of Consuegra and Algeziras, and connected by marriage with Witiza and the Bishop Oppas; his wife, the Countess Frandina, being their sister. Who acts: Julian. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Of Count Julian., 
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of Count Julian., sentence 4

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He was of one of the proudest Gothic families, lord of Consuegra and Algeziras, and connected by marriage with Witiza and the Bishop Oppas; his wife, the Countess Frandina, being their sister.

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**Who acts:** Julian · **What happens:** be, connect · **To what, where:** sister

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Of Count Julian.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Julian), 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:pg77685:5:4
# text = He was of one of the proudest Gothic families, lord of Consuegra and Algeziras, and connected by marriage with Witiza and the Bishop Oppas; his wife, the Countess Frandina, being their sister.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	proudest	proud	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
8	Gothic	gothic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	lord	lord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	Consuegra	Consuegra	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	Algeziras	Algeziras	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	connected	connect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
19	by	by	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	marriage	marriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
21	with	with	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	Witiza	Witiza	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
25	Bishop	Bishop	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	_
26	Oppas	Oppas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	29	punct	_	_
28	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	29	nmod:poss	_	_
29	wife	wife	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	Countess	Countess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	compound	_	_
33	Frandina	Frandina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
35	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	37	cop	_	_
36	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	37	nmod:poss	_	_
37	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Julian |  |  |  |  | of one; of the proudest Gothic families and lord of Consuegra and Algeziras | tree rules |
| 2 | **connect** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | by marriage with Witiza and the Bishop Oppas; Julian's wife and wife's sister *parataxis* | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **is a** | gerund |  | wife's sister |  |  |  | wife *nmod:poss* | tree rules |

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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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