--- title: His first object was to extricate his family from the power of the k… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics description: His first object was to extricate his family from the power of the king, and to remove it from Spain before his treason should be known; his next, to deprive the country of its remaining means of defence against an invader. Who acts: first object, country. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (first object, country), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg77685:9:31 # text = His first object was to extricate his family from the power of the king, and to remove it from Spain before his treason should be known; his next, to deprive the country of its remaining means of defence against an invader. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 3 amod _ _ 3 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:outer _ _ 4 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 extricate extricate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 power power NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 king king NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 to to PART TO _ 18 mark _ _ 18 remove remove VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 from from ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 Spain Spain PROPN NNP Number=Sing 18 obl _ _ 22 before before SCONJ IN _ 27 mark _ _ 23 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 24 nmod:poss _ _ 24 treason treason NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 nsubj:pass _ _ 25 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 27 aux _ _ 26 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 27 aux:pass _ _ 27 known know VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 18 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 28 ; ; PUNCT , _ 30 punct _ _ 29 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 30 nmod:poss _ _ 30 next next ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 31 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 32 to to PART TO _ 33 mark _ _ 33 deprive deprive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 conj _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 country country NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 nsubj _ _ 36 of of ADP IN _ 38 case _ _ 37 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 38 nmod:poss _ _ 38 remaining remaining NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 nmod _ _ 39 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 33 ccomp _ _ 40 of of ADP IN _ 41 case _ _ 41 defence defence NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 42 against against ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 43 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 44 det _ _ 44 invader invader NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | nature's first object | | | the power of the king | | nature's family *obj*; extricate *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **remove** | to-infinitive | nature's first object *not said here* | object | | Spain | | | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from spain=Source | | 3 | **know** | should · passive | | king's treason | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus | | 4 | **be** | | nature's first object *not said here* | | | | | king *nmod:poss* | tree rules | | 5 | **deprive** | to-infinitive | nature's first object *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 6 | **mean** | present | the country of country's remaining | | | | | of defence against a invader | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | 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. **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. - ← previous: [sentence 30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/9/30/) - next →: [sentence 32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/9/32/) - ↑ back to [Chapter VIII.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg77685/9/)