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title: In the centre of this hall stood a table of alabaster, of the rarest… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: In the centre of this hall stood a table of alabaster, of the rarest workmanship, on which was inscribed in Greek characters, that Hercules Alcides, the Theban Greek, had founded this tower in the year of the world three thousand and six. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washingto
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower., sentence 46

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In the centre of this hall stood a table of alabaster, of the rarest workmanship, on which was inscribed in Greek characters, that Hercules Alcides, the Theban Greek, had founded this tower in the year of the world three thousand and six.

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**What happens:** stand, inscribe, found · **To what, where:** table, centre, Greek characters, Hercules

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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: 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:pg77685:8:46
# text = In the centre of this hall stood a table of alabaster, of the rarest workmanship, on which was inscribed in Greek characters, that Hercules Alcides, the Theban Greek, had founded this tower in the year of the world three thousand and six.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	centre	centre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	alabaster	alabaster	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	rarest	rare	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	16	amod	_	_
16	workmanship	workmanship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	21	obl	_	_
20	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux:pass	_	_
21	inscribed	inscribe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	parataxis	_	_
22	in	in	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	Greek	Greek	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	characters	character	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
26	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	35	mark	_	_
27	Hercules	Hercules	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nsubj:pass	_	_
28	Alcides	Alcides	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	32	punct	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	_	_
31	Theban	Theban	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	compound	_	_
32	Greek	Greek	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	27	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
34	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	35	aux	_	_
35	founded	found	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	conj	_	_
36	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	37	det	_	_
37	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obj	_	_
38	in	in	ADP	IN	_	40	case	_	_
39	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	40	det	_	_
40	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	_
41	of	of	ADP	IN	_	43	case	_	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
43	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nmod	_	_
44	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	45	compound	_	_
45	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	35	obl	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	47	cc	_	_
47	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	45	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past |  | a table of alabaster |  | the centre of this hall |  | of the rarest workmanship | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent table=Theme in centre=Destination |
| 2 | **inscribe** | past · passive |  |  |  | Greek characters |  | which *obl* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: on which=Destination |
| 3 | **found** | past · perfect · passive |  | Hercules and the Theban Greek |  |  | year | three thousand *obl*; this tower *obj* | 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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