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title: On unfolding it, he beheld painted on it figures of men on horseback… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: On unfolding it, he beheld painted on it figures of men on horseback, of fierce demeanour, clad in turbans and robes of various colours, after the fashion of the Arabs, with scimitars hanging from their necks, and cross-bows at their saddle backs, and they carried banners and pennons with divers dev
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower., sentence 59

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On unfolding it, he beheld painted on it figures of men on horseback, of fierce demeanour, clad in turbans and robes of various colours, after the fashion of the Arabs, with scimitars hanging from their necks, and cross-bows at their saddle backs, and they carried banners and pennons with divers devices.

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**Who acts:** coffer, scimitars, backs · **What happens:** unfold, paint, figure, clad, hang, carry · **To what, where:** coffer, good, fierce demeanour, turbans, necks, banners

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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: who acts (coffer, scimitars, backs), 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:pg77685:8:59
# text = On unfolding it, he beheld painted on it figures of men on horseback, of fierce demeanour, clad in turbans and robes of various colours, after the fashion of the Arabs, with scimitars hanging from their necks, and cross-bows at their saddle backs, and they carried banners and pennons with divers devices.
1	On	on	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	unfolding	unfold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	beheld	behold	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	figures	figure	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	horseback	horseback	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	fierce	fierce	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	demeanour	demeanour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
20	clad	clad	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	_
21	in	in	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	turbans	turban	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	robes	robe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	conj	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	various	various	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	colours	colour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
29	after	after	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	fashion	fashion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	Arabs	Arab	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	37	punct	_	_
36	with	with	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	scimitars	scimitar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obl	_	_
38	hanging	hang	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	37	acl	_	_
39	from	from	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
40	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	_	_
41	necks	neck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	38	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	44	cc	_	_
44	cross-bows	cross-bow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
45	at	at	ADP	IN	_	48	case	_	_
46	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	48	nmod:poss	_	_
47	saddle	saddle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	48	compound	_	_
48	backs	back	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	52	punct	_	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	52	cc	_	_
51	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	52	nsubj	_	_
52	carried	carry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
53	banners	banner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	obj	_	_
54	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	55	cc	_	_
55	pennons	pennon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	53	conj	_	_
56	with	with	ADP	IN	_	58	case	_	_
57	divers	diver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	58	compound	_	_
58	devices	device	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **unfold** | gerund |  | coffer |  |  |  |  | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
| 2 | **paint** | past · passive |  | good |  |  |  | cross-bows at cross-bows's saddle backs *obl* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **figure** | present | coffer |  |  |  |  | of men; on horseback; fierce demeanour *conj* | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on horseback=Theme |
| 4 | **clad** | participle |  | fierce demeanour *not said here* |  | turbans and robes of various colours | after the fashion of the Arabs | with scimitars | tree rules |
| 5 | **hang** | gerund | scimitars *not said here* |  |  | scimitars's necks |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **carry** | past | backs *= back* | banners and pennons |  |  |  | with divers devices | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent banner=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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