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title: Upon the table stood a golden casket, richly set round with precious… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: Upon the table stood a golden casket, richly set round with precious stones, and closed with a lock of mother-of-pearl; and on the lid were inscribed the following words:— A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower., with its d
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower., sentence 47

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Upon the table stood a golden casket, richly set round with precious stones, and closed with a lock of mother-of-pearl; and on the lid were inscribed the following words:—

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**What happens:** stand, set, close, inscribe, follow · **To what, where:** golden casket, table, following words, lid

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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:pg77685:8:47
# text = Upon the table stood a golden casket, richly set round with precious stones, and closed with a lock of mother-of-pearl; and on the lid were inscribed the following words:—
1	Upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	stood	stand	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	casket	casket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	richly	richly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	set	set	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
11	round	round	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	precious	precious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
18	with	with	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	lock	lock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
22	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	pearl	pearl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	33	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
29	on	on	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	lid	lid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	obl	_	_
32	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	33	aux:pass	_	_
33	inscribed	inscribe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	parataxis	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
35	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	36	amod	_	_
36	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	33	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	33	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | past |  | a golden casket |  | the table |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent casket=Theme upon table=Destination |
| 2 | **set** | participle |  | a golden casket *not said here* |  |  |  | with precious stones; richly, round *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with stone=Instrument |
| 3 | **close** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | with a lock of pearl  mother | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with lock=Theme |
| 4 | **inscribe** | past · passive |  | the following words |  | the lid |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: word=Theme on lid=Destination |
| 5 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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