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title: To such a mind the necromantic tower of Toledo will appear as one of… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: To such a mind the necromantic tower of Toledo will appear as one of those wondrous monuments of the olden time; one of those Egyptian and Chaldaic piles, storied with hidden wisdom and mystic prophecy, which have been devised in past ages, when man yet enjoyed an intercourse with high and spiritual
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Story of the Marvellous and Portentous Tower., sentence 6

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To such a mind the necromantic tower of Toledo will appear as one of those wondrous monuments of the olden time; one of those Egyptian and Chaldaic piles, storied with hidden wisdom and mystic prophecy, which have been devised in past ages, when man yet enjoyed an intercourse with high and spiritual natures, and when human foresight partook of divination.”

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**Who acts:** necromantic tower, man, human foresight · **What happens:** appear, story, devise, enjoy, partake · **To what, where:** one, mystic prophecy, past ages, intercourse

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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 (necromantic tower, man, human foresight), 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:pg77685:8:6
# text = To such a mind the necromantic tower of Toledo will appear as one of those wondrous monuments of the olden time; one of those Egyptian and Chaldaic piles, storied with hidden wisdom and mystic prophecy, which have been devised in past ages, when man yet enjoyed an intercourse with high and spiritual natures, and when human foresight partook of divination.”
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
2	such	such	DET	PDT	PronType=Ind	4	det:predet	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	advcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	necromantic	necromantic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tower	tower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Toledo	Toledo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
10	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	appear	appear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	those	that	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	17	det	_	_
16	wondrous	wondrous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	monuments	monument	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	olden	olden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	_
23	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	obl	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
25	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	29	nsubj	_	_
26	Egyptian	Egyptian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	29	cc	_	_
28	Chaldaic	Chaldaic	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	compound	_	_
29	piles	pile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
31	storied	story	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	conj	_	_
32	with	with	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
33	hidden	hidden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	wisdom	wisdom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	_
35	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	37	cc	_	_
36	mystic	mystic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	prophecy	prophecy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	34	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	42	punct	_	_
39	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	42	nsubj:pass	_	_
40	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	42	aux	_	_
41	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	42	aux:pass	_	_
42	devised	devise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	37	acl:relcl	_	_
43	in	in	ADP	IN	_	45	case	_	_
44	past	past	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	42	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	50	punct	_	_
47	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	50	advmod	_	_
48	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	nsubj	_	_
49	yet	yet	ADV	RB	_	50	advmod	_	_
50	enjoyed	enjoy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	parataxis	_	_
51	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	52	det	_	_
52	intercourse	intercourse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	50	obj	_	_
53	with	with	ADP	IN	_	57	case	_	_
54	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	57	amod	_	_
55	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	56	cc	_	_
56	spiritual	spiritual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	54	conj	_	_
57	natures	nature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	52	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	63	punct	_	_
59	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	63	cc	_	_
60	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	63	advmod	_	_
61	human	human	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	62	amod	_	_
62	foresight	foresight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	nsubj	_	_
63	partook	partake	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	50	conj	_	_
64	of	of	ADP	IN	_	65	case	_	_
65	divination	divination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	63	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
66	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
67	”	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | future | the necromantic tower of Toledo | one of Egyptian Chaldaic piles  those |  |  |  | as one of that wondrous monuments of the olden time; such mind *advcl* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **story** | participle | the necromantic tower of Toledo *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with hidden wisdom and mystic prophecy | tree rules |
| 3 | **devise** | present · perfect · passive |  | mystic prophecy |  |  | in past ages |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 4 | **enjoy** | past | man | a intercourse |  |  | yet | with high natures | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer intercourse=Stimulus |
| 5 | **partake** | past | human foresight |  |  |  |  | of divination | 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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