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title: He represented to them that Roderick was their legitimate enemy; tha… — Legends of the conquest of Spain · tree and pragmatics
description: He represented to them that Roderick was their legitimate enemy; that he had dethroned Witiza, their relation, and had now stained the honour of one of the most illustrious daughters of their line. Who acts: JULIAN, Roderick. A sentence of «Legends of the conquest of Spain» by Washington Irving, Cha
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# Legends of the conquest of Spain, Chapter VIII., sentence 59

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He represented to them that Roderick was their legitimate enemy; that he had dethroned Witiza, their relation, and had now stained the honour of one of the most illustrious daughters of their line.

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**Who acts:** JULIAN, Roderick · **What happens:** represent, be, dethrone, stain · **To what, where:** appellation, legitimate enemy, Witiza, honour

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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 (JULIAN, Roderick), 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:pg77685:9:59
# text = He represented to them that Roderick was their legitimate enemy; that he had dethroned Witiza, their relation, and had now stained the honour of one of the most illustrious daughters of their line.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	represented	represent	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
5	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	Roderick	Roderick	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	legitimate	legitimate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	enemy	enemy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
12	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
14	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
15	dethroned	dethrone	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	parataxis	_	_
16	Witiza	Witiza	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	relation	relation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
22	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux	_	_
23	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	24	advmod	_	_
24	stained	stain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	15	conj	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	honour	honour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obj	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	26	nmod	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
31	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	32	advmod	_	_
32	illustrious	illustrious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	daughters	daughter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	nmod	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
36	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **represent** | past | JULIAN |  | appellation |  |  |  | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot to they=Attribute |
| 2 | **is a** | past | Roderick | appellation's legitimate enemy |  |  |  | appellation *nmod:poss* | tree rules |
| 3 | **dethrone** | past · perfect | JULIAN | Witiza |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **stain** | past · perfect | JULIAN *not said here* | the honour of one of the illustrious daughters of appellation's line |  |  | now |  | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent honour=Destination |

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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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