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title: Impatient of the tedious delays of a siege, he led his troops boldly… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: Impatient of the tedious delays of a siege, he led his troops boldly against the rock-built towers of Ceuta, and attempted to take the place by storm. Who acts: Impatient tedious delays. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter VIII., with its dependency tree an
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VIII., sentence 11

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Impatient of the tedious delays of a siege, he led his troops boldly against the rock-built towers of Ceuta, and attempted to take the place by storm.

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**Who acts:** Impatient tedious delays · **What happens:** lead, build, attempt, take · **To what, where:** troops, built towers, place

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This is a sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter VIII.. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (Impatient tedious delays), 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:pg77685:9:11
# text = Impatient of the tedious delays of a siege, he led his troops boldly against the rock-built towers of Ceuta, and attempted to take the place by storm.
1	Impatient	impatient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	tedious	tedious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	delays	delay	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	siege	siege	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	led	lead	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	troops	troops	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	11	obj	_	_
14	boldly	boldly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
15	against	against	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
17	rock	rock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	built	build	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	amod	_	_
20	towers	tower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	Ceuta	Ceuta	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
25	attempted	attempt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	conj	_	_
26	to	to	PART	TO	_	27	mark	_	_
27	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	xcomp	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obj	_	_
30	by	by	ADP	IN	_	31	case	_	_
31	storm	storm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lead** | past | the Impatient tedious delays of a siege | Almagreb's troops |  | the built towers of Ceuta |  | Almagreb *nsubj*; boldly *property* | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent troops=Theme against tower=Destination |
| 2 | **build** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | rock *compound* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 3 | **attempt** | past | the Impatient tedious delays of a siege *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the Impatient tedious delays of a siege *not said here* | the place |  |  |  | by storm | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=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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