--- title: The venerable archbishop Urbino likewise implored him not to disturb… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: The venerable archbishop Urbino likewise implored him not to disturb a mystery which had been held sacred from generation to generation, within the memory of man; and which even Cæsar himself, when sovereign of Spain, had not ventured to invade. Who acts: venerable archbishop. A sentence of «Legends --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/20/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [Legends of the conquest of Spain](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/) / [Story of the Marvellous and Portentous…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/) / 20 # Legends of the conquest of Spain, Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower., sentence 20 The venerable archbishop Urbino likewise implored him not to disturb a mystery which had been held sacred from generation to generation, within the memory of man; and which even Cæsar himself, when sovereign of Spain, had not ventured to invade. **Who acts:** venerable archbishop · **What happens:** implore, not disturb, hold, not venture, invade · **To what, where:** Urbino, mystery, generation, Cæsar This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (venerable archbishop), 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:pg77685:8:20 # text = The venerable archbishop Urbino likewise implored him not to disturb a mystery which had been held sacred from generation to generation, within the memory of man; and which even Cæsar himself, when sovereign of Spain, had not ventured to invade. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 venerable venerable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 archbishop archbishop NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 4 Urbino Urbino PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 appos _ _ 5 likewise likewise ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 implored implore VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 9 to to PART TO _ 10 mark _ _ 10 disturb disturb VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 advcl _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 mystery mystery NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ 13 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 16 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 15 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 16 aux:pass _ _ 16 held hold VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 acl:relcl _ _ 17 sacred sacred ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ _ 18 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 generation generation NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 20 to to ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 generation generation NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 within within ADP IN _ 25 case _ _ 24 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 25 det _ _ 25 memory memory NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ _ 26 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 27 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 42 punct _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 42 cc _ _ 30 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 31 even even ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 32 Cæsar Cæsar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 42 nsubj:pass _ _ 33 himself himself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 32 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 34 , , PUNCT , _ 36 punct _ _ 35 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 36 advmod _ _ 36 sovereign sovereign NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 appos _ _ 37 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 38 Spain Spain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 36 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 39 , , PUNCT , _ 32 punct _ _ 40 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 42 aux _ _ 41 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 42 advmod _ _ 42 ventured venture VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ 43 to to PART TO _ 44 mark _ _ 44 invade invade VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 42 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **implore** | past | the venerable archbishop | | Urbino | | | likewise *property* | vn urge-58.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **not** **disturb** | to-infinitive | the venerable archbishop *not said here* | a mystery | | | | | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus mystery=Experiencer | | 3 | **hold** | past · perfect · passive | | a mystery | | | from generation to generation | within the memory of man; sacred *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **not** **venture** | past · perfect · passive | | Cæsar Cæsar | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **invade** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | tree rules | 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 19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/19/) - next →: [sentence 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/21/) - ↑ back to [Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/8/)