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title: Having thus artfully arranged his plans, and all things being prepar… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: Having thus artfully arranged his plans, and all things being prepared for his return to Africa, he obtained permission to withdraw his daughter from the court, and leave her with her mother, the Countess Frandina, who, he pretended, lay dangerously ill at Algeziras. Who acts: Having, treason, Count
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VIII., sentence 39

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Having thus artfully arranged his plans, and all things being prepared for his return to Africa, he obtained permission to withdraw his daughter from the court, and leave her with her mother, the Countess Frandina, who, he pretended, lay dangerously ill at Algeziras.

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**Who acts:** Having, treason, Countess Frandina · **What happens:** have, arrange, prepare, obtain, withdraw, leave · **To what, where:** plans, things, permission, daughter, court, AFRICA

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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 (Having, treason, Countess Frandina), 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:pg77685:9:39
# text = Having thus artfully arranged his plans, and all things being prepared for his return to Africa, he obtained permission to withdraw his daughter from the court, and leave her with her mother, the Countess Frandina, who, he pretended, lay dangerously ill at Algeziras.
1	Having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	thus	thus	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	artfully	artfully	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	arranged	arrange	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	plans	plan	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	prepared	prepare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	Africa	Africa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	obtained	obtain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
21	permission	permission	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	_	_
23	withdraw	withdraw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	xcomp	_	_
24	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	daughter	daughter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
26	from	from	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
31	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
32	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	obj	_	_
33	with	with	ADP	IN	_	35	case	_	_
34	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	35	nmod:poss	_	_
35	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
37	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
38	Countess	Countess	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	compound	_	_
39	Frandina	Frandina	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
41	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	44	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	44	punct	_	_
43	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	44	nsubj	_	_
44	pretended	pretend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	46	punct	_	_
46	lay	lie	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	44	conj	_	_
47	dangerously	dangerously	ADV	RB	_	48	advmod	_	_
48	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	xcomp	_	_
49	at	at	ADP	IN	_	50	case	_	_
50	Algeziras	Algeziras	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	48	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | thus *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **arrange** | past | Having | treason's plans |  |  |  | artfully *property* | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Product |
| 3 | **prepare** | gerund · passive |  | all things |  |  |  | for treason's return to Africa | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Product for return=Beneficiary |
| 4 | **obtain** | past | treason | permission |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **withdraw** | to-infinitive | treason *not said here* | treason's daughter |  | the court |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme from court=Initial\_Location |
| 6 | **leave** | infinitive | Having *not said here* |  | AFRICA |  |  | with AFRICA's mother | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Recipient with mother=Theme |
| 7 | **pretend** | past | the Countess Frandina |  |  |  |  | treason *nsubj* | tree rules |
| 8 | **lie** | past | the Countess Frandina *not said here* |  |  |  |  | ill *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 9 | **plan** |  | treason |  |  |  |  |  | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
| 10 | **return** |  | treason |  |  |  |  | to Africa | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent to=obl |

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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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