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title: In consequence of this connection, and of his own merits, he had enj… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: In consequence of this connection, and of his own merits, he had enjoyed the highest dignities and commands: being one of the Espatorios, or royal sword-bearers; an office of the greatest confidence about the person of the sovereign. Who acts: Julian. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain»
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of Count Julian., sentence 5

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In consequence of this connection, and of his own merits, he had enjoyed the highest dignities and commands: being one of the Espatorios, or royal sword-bearers; an office of the greatest confidence about the person of the sovereign.

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**Who acts:** Julian · **What happens:** enjoy, be · **To what, where:** highest dignities, consequence, one

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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:pg77685:5:5
# text = In consequence of this connection, and of his own merits, he had enjoyed the highest dignities and commands: being one of the Espatorios, or royal sword-bearers; an office of the greatest confidence about the person of the sovereign.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	connection	connection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	merits	merit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	enjoyed	enjoy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	highest	high	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	18	amod	_	_
18	dignities	dignity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	commands	command	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	_
22	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	23	cop	_	_
23	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	parataxis	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	Espatorios	Espatorios	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
28	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	32	cc	_	_
29	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	_	_
30	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	30	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	bearers	bearer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	35	punct	_	_
34	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	39	amod	_	_
39	confidence	confidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	_
40	about	about	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	nmod	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
45	sovereign	sovereign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enjoy** | past · perfect | Julian | the highest dignities and commands |  | consequence of this connection and Julian's own merits |  | royal sword bearers *obl*; a office of the greatest confidence about the person of the sovereign *obl* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dignity=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is a** | gerund |  | one |  |  |  | of the Espatorios | 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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