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title: The count magnified the dangers that threatened the frontier under h… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: The count magnified the dangers that threatened the frontier under his command, and prevailed upon the king to send thither the best horses and arms remaining from the time of Witiza, there being no need of them in the centre of Spain in its present tranquil state. Who acts: count, dangers, best hor
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VIII., sentence 37

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The count magnified the dangers that threatened the frontier under his command, and prevailed upon the king to send thither the best horses and arms remaining from the time of Witiza, there being no need of them in the centre of Spain in its present tranquil state.

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**Who acts:** count, dangers, best horses, treason · **What happens:** magnify, threaten, prevail, send, remain, be · **To what, where:** dangers, frontier, command, best horses, need, centre · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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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 (count, dangers, best horses, treason), 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:pg77685:9:37
# text = The count magnified the dangers that threatened the frontier under his command, and prevailed upon the king to send thither the best horses and arms remaining from the time of Witiza, there being no need of them in the centre of Spain in its present tranquil state.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	count	count	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	magnified	magnify	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	dangers	danger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	threatened	threaten	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	frontier	frontier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	under	under	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	command	command	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	prevailed	prevail	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
16	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	_	_
20	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	advcl	_	_
21	thither	thither	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	24	amod	_	_
24	horses	horse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	26	cc	_	_
26	arms	arm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	conj	_	_
27	remaining	remain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	24	acl	_	_
28	from	from	ADP	IN	_	30	case	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	_	_
32	Witiza	Witiza	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
34	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	37	expl	_	_
35	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	37	cop	_	_
36	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	37	det	_	_
37	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	advcl	_	_
38	of	of	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	nmod	_	_
40	in	in	ADP	IN	_	42	case	_	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	_	_
42	centre	centre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
44	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	_
45	in	in	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
46	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	49	nmod:poss	_	_
47	present	present	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
48	tranquil	tranquil	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	49	amod	_	_
49	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **magnify** | past | the count | the dangers |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent danger=Patient |
| 2 | **threaten** | past | the dangers | the frontier |  | treason's command |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus frontier=Experiencer |
| 3 | **prevail** | past | the count *not said here* |  |  |  |  | upon the king | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon king=Location |
| 4 | **send** | to-infinitive | the count *not said here* | the best horses and arms |  |  |  | thither *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |
| 5 | **remain** | gerund | the best horses and arms *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **is a** | gerund | the count *not said here* | no need |  | the centre of Spain in count's present tranquil state; there |  | of arms *= arm* | tree rules |
| 7 | **command** |  | treason |  |  |  |  |  | nom command «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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