--- title: Now, so it happened, according to the legend, that about this time,… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: Now, so it happened, according to the legend, that about this time, as King Roderick was seated one day on his throne, surrounded by his nobles, in the ancient city of Toledo, two men of venerable appearance entered the hall of audience. Who acts: it, ancient city. 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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 (it, ancient city), 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:pg77685:7:4 # text = Now, so it happened, according to the legend, that about this time, as King Roderick was seated one day on his throne, surrounded by his nobles, in the ancient city of Toledo, two men of venerable appearance entered the hall of audience. 1 Now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 happened happen VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 according accord VERB VBG ExtPos=ADP|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 case _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 7 fixed _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 legend legend NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 21 punct _ _ 12 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 21 obj _ _ 13 about about ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 15 det _ _ 15 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 17 as as ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 King King PROPN NNP Number=Sing 19 compound _ _ 19 Roderick Roderick PROPN NNP Number=Sing 21 obl _ _ 20 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 21 aux:pass _ _ 21 seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ _ 22 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 23 nummod _ _ 23 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl:unmarked _ _ 24 on on ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 26 nmod:poss _ _ 26 throne throne NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 27 , , PUNCT , _ 28 punct _ _ 28 surrounded surround VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 acl _ _ 29 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 30 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 31 nmod:poss _ _ 31 nobles noble NOUN NNS Number=Plur 28 obl:agent _ SpaceAfter=No 32 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 33 in in ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 35 ancient ancient ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 city city NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Toledo Toledo PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 41 punct _ _ 40 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 41 nummod _ _ 41 men man NOUN NNS Number=Plur 45 nsubj _ _ 42 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 venerable venerable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 44 amod _ _ 44 appearance appearance NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ _ 45 entered enter VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 46 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 47 det _ _ 47 hall hall NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 obj _ _ 48 of of ADP IN _ 49 case _ _ 49 audience audience NOUN NN Number=Sing 47 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 50 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | past | it | | | | now | the legend *conj* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **accord** | gerund | | | | | | | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **seat** | past · passive | | that | | Roderick's throne | day; time | as King Roderick | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: that=Value | | 4 | **surround** | participle | | the legend *not said here* | | | | Roderick's nobles *obl:agent* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 5 | **enter** | past | the ancient city of Toledo | the hall of audience | | | | two men of venerable appearance *nsubj* | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hall=Destination | 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 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/7/3/) - next →: [sentence 5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/7/5/) - ↑ back to [Don Roderick Receives an Extraordinary Embassy.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/7/)