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title: [9] He had, moreover, been intrusted with the military government of… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: [9] He had, moreover, been intrusted with the military government of the Spanish possessions on the African coast of the strait, which at that time were threatened by the Arabs of the East, the followers of Mahomet, who were advancing their victorious standard to the extremity of Western Africa. Who
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Of Count Julian., sentence 6

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\[9\] He had, moreover, been intrusted with the military government of the Spanish possessions on the African coast of the strait, which at that time were threatened by the Arabs of the East, the followers of Mahomet, who were advancing their victorious standard to the extremity of Western Africa.

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**Who acts:** Julian, military government, Arabs, followers · **What happens:** have, intrust, threaten, advance · **To what, where:** 9, strait, victorious standard, extremity

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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, military government, Arabs, followers), 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:pg77685:5:6
# text = [9] He had, moreover, been intrusted with the military government of the Spanish possessions on the African coast of the strait, which at that time were threatened by the Arabs of the East, the followers of Mahomet, who were advancing their victorious standard to the extremity of Western Africa.
1	[	[	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	]	]	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
4	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	moreover	moreover	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	intrusted	intrust	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	military	military	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:agent	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	Spanish	Spanish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	possessions	possession	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	_
19	on	on	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	African	African	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	coast	coast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	strait	strait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
27	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	32	obj	_	_
28	at	at	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	30	det	_	_
30	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	_	_
31	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	aux:pass	_	_
32	threatened	threaten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	25	acl:relcl	_	_
33	by	by	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	Arabs	Arab	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	32	obl	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	38	det	_	_
38	East	East	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	followers	follower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	35	appos	_	_
42	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
43	Mahomet	Mahomet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	47	punct	_	_
45	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	47	nsubj	_	_
46	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	47	aux	_	_
47	advancing	advance	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	41	acl	_	_
48	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	50	nmod:poss	_	_
49	victorious	victorious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	50	amod	_	_
50	standard	standard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obj	_	_
51	to	to	ADP	IN	_	53	case	_	_
52	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	53	det	_	_
53	extremity	extremity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	47	obl	_	_
54	of	of	ADP	IN	_	56	case	_	_
55	Western	Western	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	56	compound	_	_
56	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	53	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | Julian | 9 |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **intrust** | participle · passive | the military government of the Spanish possessions on the African coast of the strait |  |  |  |  | moreover *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **threaten** | past · passive | the Arabs of the East | the strait |  |  | time |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus which=Experiencer |
| 4 | **advance** | past · progressive | the followers of Mahomet | followers's victorious standard |  |  |  | to the extremity of Western Africa *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent standard=Theme to extremity=Goal |

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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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