--- title: Don Julian was a man of an active, but irregular genius, and a grasp… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Don Julian was a man of an active, but irregular genius, and a grasping ambition; he had a love for power and grandeur, in which he was joined by his haughty countess; and they could ill brook the downfall of their house as threatened by the fate of Witiza. Who acts: Don, haughty countess. 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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 (Don, haughty countess), 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:pg77685:5:9 # text = Don Julian was a man of an active, but irregular genius, and a grasping ambition; he had a love for power and grandeur, in which he was joined by his haughty countess; and they could ill brook the downfall of their house as threatened by the fate of Witiza. 1 Don Don PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 Julian Julian PROPN NNP Number=Sing 1 flat _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 active active ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 but but CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 irregular irregular ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 genius genius NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 grasping grasp VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 17 amod _ _ 17 ambition ambition NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 ; ; PUNCT : _ 20 punct _ _ 19 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ _ 20 had have VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 love love NOUN NN Number=Sing 20 obj _ _ 23 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 24 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nmod _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 grandeur grandeur NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 28 in in ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 obl _ _ 30 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 31 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux:pass _ _ 32 joined join VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 20 conj _ _ 33 by by ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 36 nmod:poss _ _ 35 haughty haughty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 countess countess NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ; ; PUNCT : _ 41 punct _ _ 38 and and CCONJ CC _ 41 cc _ _ 39 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 41 nsubj _ _ 40 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 41 aux _ _ 41 ill ill ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 20 parataxis _ _ 42 brook brook VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 41 conj _ _ 43 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 downfall downfall NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 obj _ _ 45 of of ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 46 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 47 nmod:poss _ _ 47 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 44 nmod _ _ 48 as as SCONJ IN _ 49 mark _ _ 49 threatened threaten VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 42 advcl _ _ 50 by by ADP IN _ 52 case _ _ 51 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 52 det _ _ 52 fate fate NOUN NN Number=Sing 49 obl _ _ 53 of of ADP IN _ 54 case _ _ 54 Witiza Witiza PROPN NNP Number=Sing 52 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 55 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | past | Don | a man but irregular genius and a grasping ambition | | | | of a active; irregular genius *conj*; a grasping ambition *conj* | tree rules | | 2 | **grasp** | gerund | | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 3 | **have** | past | Don | a love and grandeur | | | | for power | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent love=Patient | | 4 | **join** | past · passive | Julian's haughty countess | Don | | | | which *obl* | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient | | 5 | **brook** | infinitive | Don *not said here* | the downfall of love's house | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **threaten** | participle | Don *not said here* | | | | | by the fate of Witiza | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 7 | **fate** | | | Witiza | | | | | nom fate «event 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 8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/5/8/) - next →: [sentence 10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/5/10/) - ↑ back to [Of Count Julian.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/5/)