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title: This artful prelate had contrived to work himself into the entire co… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: This artful prelate had contrived to work himself into the entire confidence of the king, and had even prevailed upon him to permit his nephews, Evan and Siseburto, the exiled sons of Witiza, to return into Spain. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Chapter VIII., 
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VIII., sentence 54

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This artful prelate had contrived to work himself into the entire confidence of the king, and had even prevailed upon him to permit his nephews, Evan and Siseburto, the exiled sons of Witiza, to return into Spain.

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**What happens:** contrive, work, prevail, permit, return, confide · **To what, where:** artful prelate, domain, entire confidence, nephews, Spain, king

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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: 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:pg77685:9:54
# text = This artful prelate had contrived to work himself into the entire confidence of the king, and had even prevailed upon him to permit his nephews, Evan and Siseburto, the exiled sons of Witiza, to return into Spain.
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	artful	artful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	prelate	prelate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	contrived	contrive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	himself	himself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	7	obj	_	_
9	into	into	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	confidence	confidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	even	even	ADV	RB	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	prevailed	prevail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	conj	_	_
21	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	obl	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
24	permit	permit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	advcl	_	_
25	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	nephews	nephew	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	28	punct	_	_
28	Evan	Evan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	appos	_	_
29	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
30	Siseburto	Siseburto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	34	punct	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
33	exiled	exiled	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	34	amod	_	_
34	sons	son	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	appos	_	_
35	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
36	Witiza	Witiza	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	39	punct	_	_
38	to	to	PART	TO	_	39	mark	_	_
39	return	return	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	conj	_	_
40	into	into	ADP	IN	_	41	case	_	_
41	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contrive** | past · perfect · passive |  | this artful prelate |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **work** | to-infinitive |  | domain |  | the entire confidence of the king |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent himself=Material into confidence=Product |
| 3 | **prevail** | past · perfect |  |  |  |  |  | upon domain | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon he=Location |
| 4 | **permit** | to-infinitive |  | domain's nephews |  |  |  |  | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nephew=Theme |
| 5 | **return** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | Spain |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into spain=Initial\_Location |
| 6 | **confide** |  |  | the king |  |  |  |  | nom confidence «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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